Tornadoes tear though Tennessee, 23 dead

WASHINGTON: Tornadoes ripped through Tennessee early on Tuesday , claiming at least 23 lives as they destroyed buildings and toppled power lines, hours before the southern US state voted in Super Tuesday primaries.

Footage broadcast by the local ABC affiliate showed cars piled up, hangars destroyed and what appeared to be dozens of aircraft smashed into each other at Nashville's John C. Tune airport. Among the victims were two people in Nashville killed after being struck by debris, the police department reported.

"Tornado damage has been reported throughout West and Middle Tennessee including downtown Nashville," it added.'THE HOUSE JUST EXPLODED' Mayor John Cooper wrote on Twitter that"Nashville is hurting, and our community has been devastated," as he urged people to lend a helping hand. Cooper told a news conference that 15 polling stations had been affected by storm damage, which was less than 10 per cent of the total.

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