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"We are right now holding at 17 fatalities with 60 hospitalised, three of them life threatening," Cecil Whaley, spokesman, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, was quoted as saying in Nashville.
"One hundred fifty people are still missing primarily in Anderson County and Mossy County areas, which are very isolated... Now that the fog has lifted we've got National Guard Black Hawk helicopters out there, which is helping the search greatly," he said.
Tennessee was one of the hardest-hit states, with cars flipped over and houses reduced to rubble.
"The entire town of Mossy Grove is just gone, devastated. I mean there's nothing left. No houses, schools, cars," Whaley said.
"We have search and rescue experts, but like in the World Trade Centre disaster we want to be really careful going through the rubble so we don't inadvertently crush anyone," Whaley said.
At least seven major tornadoes were reported in Tennessee overnight.
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