TN town continues recovery after EF-3 tornado devastation

TN town continues recovery after EF-3 tornado devastation

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. -- Recovery efforts continue in McNairy County, where five people were killed in an EF-3 tornado two weeks ago. "Our phones woke us up and we had the TV on watching the weather and the weatherman said 'Selmer, Tennessee, take cover now' and I think we left maybe two minutes before it hit maybe," said Nicholas McCord, a Selmer resident. The recovery process is well underway, with mountains of debris lining just about every s…

Family split up by EF-3 tornado that devastated parts of Selmer

JACKSON, Tenn. — We have details from a family that was directly impacted by the recent severe weather in McNairy County. It’s been two weeks since the multi-day severe weather outbreak across the mid-south. During that outbreak, the city of Selmer was hit by an EF-3 tornado. We spoke with a victim that is being housed here in Jackson whose family was split up by the storm. “My sister and her husband had to stay behind because we had animals. An…