“At this time we can confirm that three people are deceased, two adults and one child as a result of the tornado that touched down this afternoon. Additionally, 23 people have been treated at the hospital,” the Montgomery County in Tennessee said on its Facebook page, Reuters reported.
Three more deaths were reported in the suburbs of Nashville, the Nashville Office of Emergency Management said on X, formerly called Twitter.
More than 80,000 people in Tennessee were left without power as of the evening of Dec 9.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said there was damage to several homes in the city of Clarksville.
Multiple trees, power lines and houses were also hit by storms in the rural town of Dresden, emergency services said.
Officials also urged people to stay off the roads as emergency services were responding to the situation in different areas.
The National Weather Service had issued a tornado emergency alert earlier on the afternoon of Dec 9 for several Nashville suburbs.
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