6 dead in tornado outbreak after 2 additional deaths confirmed in Tennessee
From CNN's Andy Rose, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris
Two more deaths from the overnight severe weather outbreak were confirmed Thursday morning by authorities in Tennessee who warned the toll there could continue to rise.
A storm death was reported in Carroll County – about 100 miles west of Nashville – by the state Department of Health, Tennessee Emergency Management spokesperson Kristin Coulter told CNN. A second death from an overnight reported tornado was confirmed in Fayette County by the county’s sheriff’s office.
A house trailer outside of the Moscow community in Fayette County – about 45 miles east of Memphis – was overturned by a tornado early Thursday morning, Chief Deputy Raymond Garcia said. A 48-year-old man died at the scene, and his 16-year-old daughter was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Three other members of the family remain hospitalized, including the teenage victim’s mother, who had to be freed from the rubble, Garcia said.
The newly reported victims raise the death toll in the severe weather outbreak to six, including deaths in McNairy and Obion counties in Tennessee and Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
“We did have some tornadoes that hit McNairy County a few years ago,” Coulter said. “Those were fatal as well. So there are still parts of the county that are dealing with the aftermath of those and now this.”
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