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Super Tuesday Tornado

Archive of stories about the tornadoes that struck Middle Tennessee on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 — from WPLN News.

The songs of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have added to the shared folk canon, but their career is their own

jewly hight

December 8, 2024

It’s easy to forget how unorthodox they seemed when they first arrived in Nashville in the early 1990s.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Americana, David Rawlings, East Nashville, Gillian Welch, Nashville Artist of the Month, Super Tuesday Tornado

After tornado devastation, TSU rebuilds its agriculture campus from scratch

Char Daston

September 6, 2024

A group of well-dressed people cut a ribbon in front of a greenhouse on a sunny day. The man in the center carries a pair of giant scissors.
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Tennessee State University’s College of Agriculture suffered a direct hit during the March 2020 tornadoes. Four years later, the rebuilt facilities are finally open.

Filed Under: Education, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee State University, tornado, tornadoes

Folk duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album ‘Woodland’

A Martínez, NPR

September 4, 2024

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The folk music duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album ‘Woodland,” four years after a tornado destroyed their home and studio.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NPR News, WPLN News Tagged With: Folk music, music, Super Tuesday Tornado, tornado

Cookeville unveils a memorial park in path of deadly 2020 tornadoes

Juliana Kim

March 27, 2022

Hope Park Cookeville
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Newly opened Hope Park in Cookeville includes a playground, pavilion and lots of green space. It serves as a memorial site for the 2020 tornado.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

Two years later, a small fraction of tornado survivors are still rebuilding

Tony Gonzalez

March 3, 2022

tornado recovery East Nashville
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Two years since the Super Tuesday tornadoes, many hard-hit communities have been almost fully rebuilt. Yet work continues for some survivors of the storm that killed 25 people and damaged more than 4,000 buildings.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Cookeville, FEMA, Mt. Juliet, Super Tuesday Tornado

Slammed by tornado and pandemic, a Nashville skate shop reopens, connecting its regulars and first-timers

Tony Gonzalez

February 16, 2022

Asphalt Beach Skate Shop East Nashville indoor track
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How long does it take to rebuild from a catastrophic tornado? An East Nashville skate shop navigated many challenges to reopen in just shy of two years.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: East Nashville, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

The Tornado Displaced Thousands. Here’s How One Hermitage Community Took Care While Rebuilding.

Damon Mitchell

March 4, 2021

Hermitage Tennessee tornado damage
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In Hermitage, renters found themselves well cared for during the 9-month rebuild for the complex destroyed by the tornado.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Hermitage, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

Tennessee’s Tornado Recovery Will Take More Time, But Help Remains Widely Available

Tony Gonzalez

March 3, 2021

Boom Bozz East Nashville repairs
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The toll of the March 2020 tornadoes is well documented. But at the one-year anniversary, the recovery is harder to quantify — and very much a work in progress.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

From Nashville To Cookeville — Our List Of Tornado Anniversary Commemorations

Tony Gonzalez

March 1, 2021

tornado memorial grove

Several commemorations are taking place this week to remember the deadly and destructive March 2020 tornadoes.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

The Tornado Threatened To Uproot North Nashville, But Many Are Rebuilding In Nashville’s Historically Black Neighborhood

Damon Mitchell

March 1, 2021

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After the tornado, fears rose that North Nashville survivors would be pressured to sell — and some were swarmed with offers. But a year later, some homeowners are well on their way to rebuilding.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: North Nashville, Super Tuesday Tornado, Tennessee Tornadoes

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