Tennessee is under a state of emergency after the deadliest tornado day in 7 years
By Madeline Holcombe and Brandon Miller, CNN
Updated 0842 GMT (1642 HKT) March 4, 2020
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(CNN)Tennessee is under a state of emergency after the deadliest tornado day in seven years.
Putnam County officials went door to door Tuesday searching 150 standing structures. They planned to continue through the night into Wednesday morning, aiming to find people in the subdivisions hardest hit by the severe weather and at least one tornadoBefore dawn on Tuesday, 24 people were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the Tennessee storms. Officials in Putnam County, which suffered 18 storm-related deaths, have said they are working to locate 38 people who are unaccounted foAhead of the destruction, East Nashville residents only had 6 minutes to prepare and get to safety, according to the Tornado Warning for Davidson county.
"I got the warning and in less than ten minutes you could just feel the pressure, my ears were popping we all ran downstairs and just huddled together," Danielle Theophile told CNN affiliate WSMV. "It went by so fast...it's gone."