The tornado hit Tennessee hard, and about 450,000 customers lost power

Mondo Tourism Updated on 2024-01-28

Tennessee, the United States, was hit by tornadoes and other severe weather on the 9th, killing at least 6 people, severely damaging many cities, and severely damaging houses and power facilities. On the 10th local time, residents in many places, including the capital city of Nashville, began to clean up the rubble.

Severe weather such as tornadoes and thunderstorms the previous day had severely damaged many cities in Tennessee, with a large number of homes destroyed, vehicles overturned or hit by rubble, trees uprooted, and many power lines blown off. On the day of the 10th, in Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, emergency workers and local residents were cleaning up the rubble, and some people still had lingering fears when they recalled the scene of the tornado.

Nashville resident: It was completely dark. I don't know how to describe it, it's like a vacuum cleaner, everything is spinning and it's very loud .

In addition, the city of Clarksville was also one of the hardest-hit areas. The latest aerial footage shows the city in shambles in the aftermath of the disaster, with large numbers of buildings razed to the ground and many residents left homeless. Local relief agencies set up a shelter at a high school to provide assistance to the victims. The city has declared a state of emergency, with a curfew in place from 9 p.m. on the 9th to the night of the 10th.

The severe weather caused power outages in many parts of Tennessee. According to data from the U.S. Power Tracker**, as of the morning of the 10th local time, there were still about 4Power was lost to 50,000 customers.

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Editor: Zhang Jingye.

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