At least six people were killed when tornadoes and severe weather carved a path of destruction across Tennessee Saturday.
Three of the deaths happened north of Nashville, according to the city’s Office of Emergency Management. Those three victims were later identified by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department as: Floridema Gabriel Perez, 31; her son, Anthony Elmer Mendez, 2; and Joseph Dalton, 37.
A photo from the scene showed what appeared to be a massive pile of mangled debris.
Officials in Montgomery County, where the town of Clarksville is located, confirmed three deaths there in an update posted shortly after 8 p.m. EST. The victims were two adults and one child.
“This is a sad day for our community,” Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden said. “We are praying for those who are injured, lost loved ones, and lost their homes. This community pulls together like no other and we will be here until the end.”
At least 23 people were treated at a hospital for injuries.
There were more than a dozen reports of tornadoes in Tennessee and Kentucky Saturday into Saturday night.
The sheriff’s office in Dickson County, Tennessee, about 30 miles west of Nashville, said there was damage in several areas in the northern part of the county.
“We have trees down, lines down, and roads blocked,” the agency said in a social media post at about 5:45 p.m. EST. “Please stay home and off the roads while emergency personnel are out working.”
A dispatcher there told weather.com in a phone call around 6:20 p.m. EST that there is “a lot” of damage and the call center was extremely busy.
A later update said there were a few minor injuries but no fatalities reported.
Police in Clarksville said they were responding to numerous locations due to extensive damage from a tornado that touched down around 1:30 p.m. EST.
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