National Guard Troops Respond to Midwestern Southern Tornadoes
US Military News
More than 500 National Guard members are supporting civilian authorities in five states after devastating tornadoes in the Midwest and the South.
Source: American Forces Press Service News Feed
A massive storm system moving across the South caused a tornado near Adairsville, Georgia, 60 miles north of Atlanta. Local TV stations are showing dozens of cars overturned on Interstate 75 and several buildings damaged. All lanes of the interstate are blocked in both directions near Adairsville, the Georgia Department of Transportation reports.
At least one storm death has been reported in Georgia.
In Tennessee, a man died when high winds knocked a tree onto his home in Nashville, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said. Other injuries were reported in Chester, McNairy and Henderson counties, spokesman Jeremy Heidt said. Ref. CNN