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State of Emergency Declare in Tennessee As Deadly Storms Move Through

The names of the victims have not been released, but the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said the deceased are a 19-year-old female and two 22-year-old males. It took us a little bit to cut our way into them.

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A 100-mile swathe of the state was devastated, and homes destroyed.

Temperatures across the South and up the East Coast were unseasonably warm as the worst of the storms passed.

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Despite being newly homeless, Perkins said the tragedy helped her “stop and realize what Christmas is all about”.

Severe damage was reported in Perry and Wayne counties with some damage in Lawrence County as well after the storms passed through. That would break the record for December 24, which is 72 degrees set in 1984.

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Police say splintered trees covered a road near Clayton. State teams have been dispatched to Wayne and Perry Counties to assess damage.

TNSheriff