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♪ >> Paul: GOOD MORNING, BREAKING
NEWS OUT OF TENNESSEE.
A SIGNIFICANT TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN IN DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.
BAD NEWS!
BAD NEWS! MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA, A
STRONG TORNADO HITTING AT NIGHT.
IT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN PART OF THE
CITY.
CITY. AND ACCORDING TO OUR SISTER
STATION WTVF, NEWSCHANNEL 5 IN
NASHVILLE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS RESPONDING TO ABOUT 40
STRUCTURE COLLAPSES THROUGHOUT
TOWN.
TOWN. HEAVY DAMAGE BEING REPORTED.
A STORY OF PEOPLE GETTING TO THE
BASEMENT OF A BUILDING JUST
BEFORE THE TORNADO RIPPED THE
ROOF RIGHT OFF THE BUILDING.
AND I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE
TWITTER FEED OF A GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE AND COLLEAGUE, BRIE SMITH,
AND LOCAL POLICE ARE REPORTING
AT LEAST TWO FATALITIES IN EAST
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE. IT WAS GOING ACROSS THE NORTH
SIDE OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE.
AS IT APPROACHES, YOU SEE THE
NOTCH, THAT’S THE CIRCULATION, A
HOOK ECHO, ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DEVELOPING TORNADO, AND THIS
STORM CONTINUED FARTHER TO THE
EAST.
EAST. THE HOOK BECOMES MORE
PRONOUNCED.
PRONOUNCED. I’VE LEARNED THREE MORE
FATALITIES FROM THIS TORNADO.
A VERY, VERY SERIOUS SITUATION