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Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms

Residents of central Tennessee communities slammed by deadly tornadoes this weekend described tragic and terrifying scenes in which one mobile home landed on top of another, roofs were ripped from houses and an entire church collapsed during a string of powerful storms that killed six people.

By George Walker IV and Mark Zaleski / AP

Dec. 10, 2023

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Family and friends mourned after six people were killed when tornadoes pushed through multiple cities in Tennessee on Saturday. Three people were killed when a trailer home flipped and landed on another in Nashville.
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A construction crew repairs a utility pole, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Clarksville, Tenn. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 9.
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A destroyed home is seen, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Clarksville, Tenn. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 9.
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Cindy Smith searches for belongings in the rubble of her father's mobile home, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Clarksville, Tenn. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 9.
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Andrea Remberger returns a lost dog to its owner, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Clarksville, Tenn. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 9.
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Amber Davidson ducks under the tree that hit her house, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Clarksville, Tenn. Tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in Middle Tennessee on Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. 9.
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Damage is seen at the Sabbath Day Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Nashville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe storms and tornadoes that hit the area.
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Jelani Allen removes his dog, Bane, from his damaged home along East Campbell Road, Sunday, Dec. 10, in Nashville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe storms and tornadoes that hit the area.
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Amber Gardner looks at the debris from a friend's destroyed house in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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Donna Rogers carries a guitar from the rubble of a destroyed home in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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Donna Rogers, bottom right, watches while friends toss bags of clothes from the second floor of her son's damaged home in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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David Rogers Sr., right, sorts through belongings on the second floor of his son's damaged home in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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David Rogers gathers clothes from his damaged home in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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A truck lies on its side beside damaged homes on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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Debris covers the area around homes destroyed in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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Jim Mitun walks amid homes destroyed in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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Debris covers the area around homes destroyed in the West Creek Farms neighborhood on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.
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A vehicle sits by the side of the road near damaged power lines on Sunday, Dec. 10, Clarksville, Tenn. Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms.

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