A trail of destruction crisscrossed metro Nashville and Middle Tennessee Tuesday after a series of deadly tornadoes took the lives of 24 people.
Of the deaths reported after the Monday night storm in Middle Tennessee, two were in the Nashville area, and the others were in surrounding counties. More than 30 people have been treated for injuries, primarily due to flying objects, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, hospital officials told The Tennessean.
In addition to the physical harm to residents in Tennessee, the damage has been extensively chronicled across the four counties primarily affected by the weather system, lightning and hail-force winds. Officials are currently assessing the magnitude of the damage and ensuring no other lives were lost.
Several celebrities and residents shared their thoughts and some heartbreaking images of the shattered businesses and homes in the aftermath of the tornadoes on Twitter.
Actress Reese Witherspoon, who is a Nashville native, sent out prayers and an uplifting message Tuesday morning.
Country star Dierks Bentley said he just missed the devastating storms Monday night.
Others captured and posted some of the worst hit areas in metro Nashville. One harrowing photos showed a vehicle that had been lifted from the ground to a third-floor apartment window.
A central area in Nashville, Five Points, was one of the areas most affected by the tornadoes Monday night.
Other areas that underwent serious damage include the neighborhoods of Germantown, Downtown Nashville and Mt. Juliet.
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