Month: March 2020

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A Fayetteville coffee shop owner is looking to help victims of the deadly Tennessee tornadoes, after being in those very storms while visiting family over the weekend. Molly Arnold spent Monday evening in downtown Nashville before the storms rolled through, only learning of the danger once she returned to her brother’s Nashville home. RELATED: Nashville tornado: At least 24 dead as multiple tornadoes cause severe damage in Nashville, central Tennessee The…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Taylor Swift is donating $1 million to tornado relief efforts in Middle Tennessee, where deadly storms ravaged counties this week, including in Nashville. In an Instagram post made Thursday, Swift said “Nashville is my home.” She added that “the fact that so many people have lost their homes and so much more in Middle Tennessee is devastating to me.” She included a link to the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund. The statewide…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Moments after a tornado tore through his quiet Tennessee neighborhood, Darrell Jennings walked out his front door and heard screaming. The house next door — and many others — had been leveled to its foundations. Somehow the Jennings house suffered only a few broken windows. It quickly became a shelter for those who were suddenly left with nothing. The next-door neighbors, who had miraculously survived, straggled over….

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — Severe weather can change lives, whether you’re at home, school or work. Schools across North Carolina prepare by practicing tornado drills. North Carolina man reported missing in devastating Nashville tornadoes At J.Y. Joyner Elementary School, students crouched down against the wall and covered their heads. It’s always helpful for us to equip our students for emergency situations. We can never tell with weather where we’re going to be,” said assistant…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Amber LaRose, an American Red Cross employee based in Raleigh, will be in Tennessee for at least two weeks to help those recovering from the deadly tornadoes. Nashville tornado: At least 24 dead as multiple tornadoes cause severe damage in Nashville, central Tennessee “I’ll be a government operations supervisor, which means I’ll be the liaison between the American Red Cross and our government entities and their community partners,” said LaRose, who…