Mother and her toddler perishes in tornadoes in Tennessee

A mom and her two-year-old boy were both killed when tornadoes and strong storms hit Tennessee on Saturday.

Neighbors say Floriderma Perez, 31, was found holding her son Anthony after the storm hit their trailer home near Nashville.

At least six people died because strong winds destroyed buildings and caused many power outages.

Tennessee had to declare a state of emergency because of the very bad weather.

Ms Perez and her son, along with their neighbor Joseph Dalton, 37, were all killed, according to the police. All three lived in a northern area near Nashville, which is the capital of the state.

Neighbor Wanda McClemor told Channel 5 news that she and other people went outside to search for the child and his mother. This happened after a tornado lifted one mobile home and put it on top of another one.

You could hear them asking for someone to help them. “When we arrived, there were already people trying to reach them,” Ms.

She said they found Ms Perez and her son’s bodies, with the mother hugging the toddler tightly.

“They said they couldn’t find her because she was holding him and trying to protect the baby,” Ms McClemor explained.

Ms Perez’s 7-year-old son and Mr Dalton’s 10-year-old son got hurt, but they are not in danger, the police said.

Two additional grown-ups and a kid were also murdered in the city of Clarksville, which is about 50 miles (80km) northwest of Nashville.

A website was created to raise money for Arlan’s family, who is a 10-year-old kid. A friend of the family said that the boy’s relatives were really upset about his death and also losing their home.

“They wrote that it will take a long time and it will be hard to recover, both emotionally and financially. ”

From above, we can see a mobile home park where a tornado hit on December 10, 2023 in Madison, Tennessee and three people died.

The government of Montgomery County said that 62 more people in the area were in the hospital with injuries.

Jimmy Edwards, the boss of Montgomery County Emergency Services, said their situations are very serious and not steady.

The mayor of our county, Wes Golding, said: “Today is a sad day for our community. We are thinking of those who are hurt, lost family members, and lost their houses, and we are hoping for their recovery.

Police are still looking for and trying to save people in the area.

In Nashville, there is a lot of damage in some places and authorities are warning people to watch out for power lines that have fallen down.

A church near Nashville collapsed in the storm, and 13 people were sent to the hospital.

Videos on social media showed cars flipped over and trees pulled out of the ground. The buildings along the streets were damaged and in bad shape.

Recordings showed big tornadoes touching the ground and bright lightning in the sky.

On Monday, the people who fix things in emergencies were working hard to clear away and fix power lines that had fallen down. Almost 18,000 people still don’t have electricity this morning.