As much of the city slept, a devastating tornado touched down early Tuesday in Nashville, wreaking havoc in the communities of East Nashville and Germantown.
At least nine people were reported dead and more than 40 buildings affected. Speaking at a morning news conference, Governor Bill Lee acknowledged the deaths and said, “There’s a really good possibility that there may be more.
It’s early yet.” The damage could be seen in photos emerging in the middle of the night of one of the city’s largest and most popular rock clubs, the Basement East, half of which remained upright and half of which appeared to be completely flattened.
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