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This Tuesday, March 3, 2020 aerial photo shows the Hermitage neighborhood after a tornado ripped through Nashville, Tenn. (George Walker IV/The Tennessean via AP)
March 4, 2020
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March 4, 2020 5:47 p.m.
Cellphone alerts helped Tennessee couple escape to basement
BAXTER, Tenn. (AP) — Billy Dyer's cellphone blared out an emergency alert, then his wife Kathy's phone followed, giving them just enough time to get downstairs and flip on a TV to check the news.
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