Country stars react to deadly Nashville tornado | The Music Universe

Judy Moreno

Storm killed 19 throughout Middle Tennessee

Country stars are reacting to a deadly powerful storm that tore through the Nashville area early Tuesday (Mar 4th) morning. As of this writing, 19 people were killed and dozens of homes and businesses were damaged by a tornado that ripped through Middle Tennessee just before 1 am CT.

The twister destroyed at least 48 buildings, and have left about 50,000 customers without power, according to CBS News. One video shows the city’s CBS affiliate, WTVF, getting hit directly. The on air meteorologist pleas for everyone to take shelter immediately as the screen goes dark, but the audio can still be heard.

Popular East Nashville music venue The Basement East was destroyed, leaving only one standing wall, containing a “I Believe in Nashville” mural. T-shirts featuring the mural are being sold with 100% of today’s profits benefitting disaster relief in Middle Tennessee.

Tim McGraw shares a little backstory about the mural. “The iconic ‘I Believe In Nashville’ murals started popping up after the big flood ten years ago. It’s stood as a symbol of resilience and togetherness. We are heartbroken for our community after last nights tragic tornado, but know that together we will rise up and rebuild again!” he tweets.

Dierks Bentley landed at Nashville airport about an hour before the storm tore through. He shared aerial footage of the same storm that spawned a tornado that traveled about 50 miles.

“We ducked around this cell and landed at john tune airport around 11:30 last night,” he writes. “Glad we landed when we did. Wouldn’t have been good an hour later. It was the cell that turned into the tornado. Lot of people lost their homes. No one comes together as a city like Nashville does.”

He shares more details on Facebook, including that his drummer lost his home. “Lot of people lost their homes, including our drummer, and a lot of people in need. But no one comes together as a city like #nashville does.”

Carrie Underwood was in New York promoting her new book when she shared that her husband Mike Fischer and two young sons were at home in Nashville during the storm.

“I’m like texting people I know, and I’m like asking my husband if everybody’s good,” Underwood tells NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly on TODAY. “He said he had to go upstairs at like 2 am and grab the boys and take them down to a little safe room in our house.

“I was like, ‘I bet everybody is crying.’ It’s 2 am, freaking out, so it was scary.”

Maren Morris said the tornado came extremely close to her house, but didn’t damage it.

“The tornado must have missed our block by an inch because we are alright but I am so depleted looking at the damage that has happened to our beautiful city,” she shares. “There are so many people in the streets helping already, though. Thinking of those who lost their loved ones + homes.”

Reba, Blake Shelton, Justin Bieber and many other celebrities have sent love to the city.