On Mar. 3, Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States went into a terrible and horrifying natural disaster after residents experienced a massive tornado or now called the 'Nashville Tornado.'
This incident killed 25 people, including five children under the age of 13. About 45,000 homes in the state had been damaged by the tornado and lost their electricity connection amid the powerful tornado. Now, the Metro Nashville Police Department releases a police camera video that was taken during the incident, which showed how tragic this tornado was.
How scary is the past Nashville Tornado? This video shows how!
A new video of the horrible natural disaster that hit Nashville on Mar. 3 was shared on Thursday, Mar. 13, by the official Twitter account of Metro Nashville Police Department of MNPD. The video was taken on the area between Jefferson Street and 3rd Avenue N. in Nashville, wherein the camera was found.
The tornado reached wind speed up to 175 mph when the video was taken, and it was shown how tragic the incident was for the citizens living on the state. MNPD posted this video with a caption "New Video of Mar. 3 Tornado."
"The camera continued to record on battery power for a short time after it lost electricity," the police department said in a tweet. "Despite water damage to the camera housing, the stored video survived."
At the start of the video, moving cars and lights from buildings was on its normal status when seconds after, the video turned shaky and electricity from the buildings strike on the streets. This footage shows how powerful the tornado was when it shooked the ground and struck street lights and electricity posts on the streets.
Drone footage of the remains in Nashville Tornado
Global News recently released drone footage of the remains in Nashville tornado, and the impact was shocking as seen on each house in the state. Citizens of Nashville already claimed that they did not know anything about an upcoming tornado within their county. They said that they had not been warned by any officials about this terrible incident.
Dell building hugely got damaged after Nashville Tornado
Tech Times reported on Mar. 3, one of the tech companies that experienced a major impact on the said natural disaster was Nashville's Dell-- laptop maker company.
The report said that a lot of the company's fulfillment centers were hugely damaged by the tornado and may result in fewer revenues for the laptop maker company. Though Dell said that they were affected by the tornado, the company also said that their employees are more important during these emergency times.
"The safety and well-being of our team members are our [primary] concern --- we have some reports of team member injuries related to the storm."