The tornado that ripped through Mayfield, Ky., damaged the local substation, leaving the entire town without power. And many areas need the power grid rebuilt. Tennessee State Pipe Trades has delivered more than 2,500 gallons of gasoline to to fuel generators in hard-hit areas.
When tornadoes ripped through Tennessee and Kentucky early on a Saturday morning, WPLN’s news team whirred to action. We inserted newscasts into every slot we could find in a busy weekend schedule, providing timely severe weather alerts and reports on the damage.
In this newscast, WPLN’s Marianna Bacallao lays out the scope of the devastation, while reporter Blake Farmer provides one of the first accounts of the destruction in Mayfield, Ky., just over two hours to the northwest of Nashville.
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