Weekend Tornadoes Damaged 40% of a Tennessee County

Nationwide, 32 deaths have been reported
By Newser Editors,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 3, 2023 9:54 AM CDT
Weekend Tornadoes Damaged 40% of a Tennessee County
Mike Garcia looks over his tornado damaged house with a friend in Adamsville, Tenn. on Saturday, April 1, 2023. A series of storms swept through McNairy County Friday night, resulting in several casualties.   (Jamar Coach/The Jackson Sun via AP)

The devastation from weekend tornadoes that ripped through several states over the weekend was still being assessed on Monday morning. So far, authorities have put the death toll at 32, including 15 fatalities in Tennessee, nine of them coming in McNairy County alone, reports the AP. Arkansas and Indiana had at least five deaths, and Illinois four, with other fatalities reported in Alabama, Mississippi, and as far north as Delaware.

As for McNairy, three storm cells caused damage to about 40% of the county, with more than 70 homes destroyed, reports USA Today. Meanwhile, the storms are not over in the South. "Unfortunately more severe weather is possible in the coming days," according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock, Arkansas. A storm system is expected to bring thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday. (More severe weather stories.)

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