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Nashville Tornado Kills At Least 22

Published March 3, 2020 at 2:11 PM EST
People are reflected in a mirror of a building destroyed by storms Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding buildings and killing multiple people. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
People are reflected in a mirror of a building destroyed by storms Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding buildings and killing multiple people. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

At least 22 people were killed in Tennessee after a tornado ripped through downtown and surrounding areas.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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