Tornado season 2020 in the US

The 2020 tornado season has been a deadly one.

On March 3, a powerful tornado roared through the Nashville area, killing 25 people and leveling homes. (President Trump visited the affected area on Friday, March 6.) Since then, other destructive, and sometimes lethal, storms have devastated parts of Florida and the Deep South.

Here, two men talk in front of a home destroyed by a tornado on April 13, 2020 near Nixville, South Carolina. 

High water

A wave crashes as a man stands on a jetty near Orleans Harbor in Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Sunday, June 7, 2020, as Tropical Storm Cristobal approaches the Louisiana coast. The storm spawned tornadoes in several states.

Homes are gone

Pieces of a storm damaged home home partially cover a car April 13, 2020 in Livingston, South Carolina. 

Precious belongings

A record player sits in the yard of storm damaged home April 13, 2020 in Livingston, South Carolina. 

Surveying damage

A woman and a boy look at storm debris on April 13, 2020 near Nixville, South Carolina. 

Coping together

Family, friends and neighbors sit in front of a destroyed home on April 13, 2020 in Nixville, South Carolina. A string of storms across the southern United States that began Easter Sunday produced multiple tornados resulting in more than 30 deaths and dozens more injuries.

Upended

A member of law enforcement stands near an upended car on April 13, 2020 near Nixville, South Carolina.

Doing what they can

People clean up storm debris on April 13, 2020 near Nixville, South Carolina. 

Among the wreckage

People walk among wreckage from a storm on April 13, 2020 in Nixville, South Carolina. 

A foundation is all that's left

Here, the sun sets behind the foundation of a house destroyed by the tornado in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

Trump visits

President Donald Trump tours an area damaged in a tornado with Putnam County Rescue Squad member Mike Herrick in Cookeville, Tennessee, on March 6, 2020. 

Marine One survey

President Donald Trump flies in Marine One over an area damaged in a tornado in Cookeville, Tennessee, on March 6, 2020.

A home lost

Diana Kennedy helps salvage belongings from the home of Bill and Linda Leath after tornadoes ravaged the area in Cookeville, Tennessee, March 4, 2020.

Lost memories

A family photograph and license plate sit in debris near an apartment complex on March 3, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

The National Weather Service estimated that the tornado that hit the area was "at least" an EF-3, which indicates a "severe" tornado with 136- to 165-mph winds.

Aerial view

Here's an aerial view of tornado damage cleanup on March 4, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

Electrical hazard

Downed power lines damaged by the storm are seen in the North Nashville neighborhood following devastating tornadoes on March 3, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Night emergency

Emergency crews work near a damaged business  on March 3, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Heavy damage

Buildings damaged by the storm are seen in the Germantown neighborhood of Nashville following devastating tornadoes on March 3, 2020.

A home flattened

Volunteers start cleaning up tornado-damaged areas on March 4, 2020 in Cookeville, Tennessee.

Road hazards

Residents of the Germantown neighborhood of Nashville survey damage on the streets on March 3, 2020.

Piles and piles

Families sort through tornado debris to gather possessions on March 4, 2020 in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

Off road

The destroyed exterior of The Basement East is seen in the East Nashville neighborhood on March 3, 2020.

Coping

Laura Cercone takes a break from cleaning up debris from her friend's home – where all family members survived the tornado with minor or no injuries – on March 4, 2020 in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

Downed sign

Buildings damaged by the storm are seen in the Germantown neighborhood following devastating tornadoes on March 3, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Nashville after the storm

Tornado damage in Nashville early on March 3, 2020.

Fierce winds

A home destroyed by one of several tornadoes that tore through overnight on March 3, 2020, in Cookeville, Tennessee.