Photos: Tornado Damage in Tennessee

Alan Taylor
March 4, 2020
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At least one tornado tore through central Tennessee earlier this week, damaging hundreds of houses and larger buildings and killing at least 24 people. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has declared a state of emergency as rescuers search for dozens of people still listed as missing, most of them in Putnam County, east of Nashville. Below are images of the storm’s widespread destruction and some of the rescue and salvage work taking place.

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Two men look at damage Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee, after a tornado hit on Monday night. #

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A rescue worker carries Shirley Wallace from her Barrett Drive home, which collapsed and trapped her under rubble, after a tornado ripped through neighborhoods in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on March 3, 2020. #

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Power-line towers lie on the ground in a March 3, 2020, aerial photo, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #

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The remains of homes shattered by storms are scattered near Cookeville, Tennessee, on March 3, 2020. #

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Damage to the Amplify Apartments building is seen after a tornado hit eastern Nashville on March 3, 2020. #

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A man views tornado damage in an alley on March 3, 2020. #

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A business continues to burn on March 3, 2020, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #

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A car crushed by a tree sits on a street after a tornado touched down in Nashville on March 3, 2020. #

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Homes torn apart by storms are left in ruins on March 3, 2020, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #

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Buildings damaged by the storm are seen in the Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020, in Nashville. #

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People work to salvage items near Cookeville on March 3, 2020. #

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People try to salvage merchandise at Music City Vintage after a tornado hit eastern Nashville, on March 3, 2020. #

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Buildings damaged by the storm are seen in the Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020, in Nashville. #

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A photograph of damaged planes and property at the John C. Tune Airport in Nashville on March 3, 2020. #

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Debris from damaged buildings and vehicles is seen after a tornado hit eastern Nashville, on March 3, 2020. #

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The owner of Lee Nails sifts through storm wreckage on March 3, 2020, in eastern Nashville. #

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A road separates properties strewn with debris on March 3, 2020, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #

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Dwight Herald stands in the remains of his home looking at damage in Cookeville on March 3, 2020. #

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The owners of Elite Bonding Company salvage what they can in eastern Nashville on March 3, 2020. #

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A man looks for items he can salvage from his store on March 3, 2020, near Cookeville. #

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Buildings damaged by the storm are seen in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020. #

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Sumant Joshi helps to clean up rubble at the East End United Methodist Church after it was heavily damaged by storms, on March 3, 2020, in Nashville. #

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A trailer frame rests on the roof of a building, blown there by high winds from one of several tornadoes that tore through the state overnight on March 3, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee. #

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A building damaged by the storm is seen in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020. #

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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (left) prays with Kayla Cowen as she looks through rubble in hopes of finding a neighbor, on March 3, 2020, near Cookeville, Tennessee. Lee was touring damaged areas and met Cowen as she was searching. #

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