Six people are dead and dozens injured as well as thousand remained without electricity after a strong tornadoes struck Nashville and the Tennessee town of Clarksville early Saturday evening.
The dead in Clarksville include two adults and one child, according to a statement from Michelle Newell, spokesperson for Montgomery County, where the town is located, reports NBC.
Another 23 people from Clarksville were taken to hospitals, she said.
The Nashville Office of Emergency Management said three people also died in a northern community of the city along Nesbitt Lane. It reported “severe damage” in the area and asked residents to avoid it as well as downed power lines.
Thirteen people were injured in a church collapse roughly 9 miles north of downtown Nashville, and were stabilized after being taken to hospitals, the office said.
The office said that around 4 p.m. a National Weather Service radar had suggested a “large and extremely dangerous tornado” was spinning about 30 miles west of Nashville and headed east at 40 mph.
“This was considered a particularly dangerous situation,” it said.
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