At least one tornado tore through central Tennessee earlier this week, damaging hundreds of houses and larger buildings and killing at least 24 people. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has declared a state of emergency as rescuers search for dozens of people still listed as missing, most of them in Putnam County, east of Nashville. Below are images of the storm’s widespread destruction and some of the rescue and salvage work taking place.
Photos: Tornado Damage in Tennessee
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Read moreTwo men look at damage Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee, after a tornado hit on Monday night. #
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Read moreA rescue worker carries Shirley Wallace from her Barrett Drive home, which collapsed and trapped her under rubble, after a tornado ripped through neighborhoods in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on March 3, 2020. #
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Read morePower-line towers lie on the ground in a March 3, 2020, aerial photo, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #
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Read moreThe remains of homes shattered by storms are scattered near Cookeville, Tennessee, on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreDamage to the Amplify Apartments building is seen after a tornado hit eastern Nashville on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreA man views tornado damage in an alley on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreA business continues to burn on March 3, 2020, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #
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Read moreA car crushed by a tree sits on a street after a tornado touched down in Nashville on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreHomes torn apart by storms are left in ruins on March 3, 2020, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #
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Read moreBuildings damaged by the storm are seen in the Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020, in Nashville. #
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Read morePeople work to salvage items near Cookeville on March 3, 2020. #
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Read morePeople try to salvage merchandise at Music City Vintage after a tornado hit eastern Nashville, on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreBuildings damaged by the storm are seen in the Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020, in Nashville. #
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Read moreA photograph of damaged planes and property at the John C. Tune Airport in Nashville on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreDebris from damaged buildings and vehicles is seen after a tornado hit eastern Nashville, on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreThe owner of Lee Nails sifts through storm wreckage on March 3, 2020, in eastern Nashville. #
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Read moreA road separates properties strewn with debris on March 3, 2020, near Lebanon, Tennessee. #
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Read moreDwight Herald stands in the remains of his home looking at damage in Cookeville on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreThe owners of Elite Bonding Company salvage what they can in eastern Nashville on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreA man looks for items he can salvage from his store on March 3, 2020, near Cookeville. #
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Read moreBuildings damaged by the storm are seen in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreSumant Joshi helps to clean up rubble at the East End United Methodist Church after it was heavily damaged by storms, on March 3, 2020, in Nashville. #
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Read moreA trailer frame rests on the roof of a building, blown there by high winds from one of several tornadoes that tore through the state overnight on March 3, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee. #
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Read moreA building damaged by the storm is seen in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood on March 3, 2020. #
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Read moreTennessee Governor Bill Lee (left) prays with Kayla Cowen as she looks through rubble in hopes of finding a neighbor, on March 3, 2020, near Cookeville, Tennessee. Lee was touring damaged areas and met Cowen as she was searching. #
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