Pictured: Victims of Tennessee tornadoes

Eighteen of the 24 people killed in the devastating tornadoes that ripped through Tennessee have been pictured.  

Early Tuesday, just after midnight, at least two tornadoes ripped through a 50-mile stretch in four counties, killing 24 people in the state.

Putnam County suffered the greatest loss with 18 causalities and 88 injuries. On Wednesday Putnam County County Mayor Randy Porter released the names and details of the 18 victims, five of which were children. 

One of the deceased was identified as four-year-old Hattie Collins, the daughter of a Tennessee youth minister Matt Collins and his wife Macy who worked at the Collegeside Churches of Christ in Cookeville. 

Hattie ‘passed from this world today into the loving arms of Jesus. Please continue to keep this family and all of the others affected by this tragedy in your prayers’, the church said on its website. 

The Collins family said that the tornado ripped through their home in the early hours of March 3 and all four of their family members were injured. Matt, Macy, and their other infant child remain in the hospital, according to a GoFundMe page for the family’s funeral and medical expenses.  

In some cases, entire families died in the twister tragedy. 

Joshua Kimberlin, his wife Erin Kimberlin and their toddler son Sawyer were killed when the tornado hit their home in Cookeville. 

‘Josh, Erin, and Sawyer are all in heaven together. We’re devastated with this news. They were a beautiful family. Continue to pray for their loss and comfort for family left behind,’ a friend posted on Facebook.  

Terry Curtis, 54, and his six-year-old son Dawson also died in the devastator storm. Curtis ran a local business called Curtis Septic. 

Amanda Cole, a 34-year-old woman who worked as a live-in nanny for the family, also died in the twister. 

‘Terry was an amazing father, husband, friend, business owner. He loved his wife and his family fiercely,’ friend Parrish Burgess posted on Facebook. 

‘Dawson was only 6 years old. He was mean as a snake. But sweet as could be. He loved everyone.’

According to the friend Terry’s wife and other child are in the hospital following the storm.  

Todd Koehler and his wife Sue Koehler, both in their 50s, lost their lives when the tornado hit Cookeville. 

Tributes poured in for the couple on Facebook saying: ‘They are loved and will be missed.’

According to social media Sue worked as a Walmart store manager. 

Three deaths were reported in Wilson County, two in Davidson County and one in Benton. 

Metro Police identified the two Davidson County victims as Michael Dolfini, 36, and his girlfriend Albree Sexton, 33. The pair were killed by debris in East Nashville after leaving Attaboy lounge, where Dolfini worked. 

In Wilson County the victims were identified as James and Donna Eaton, 84 and 81, who were killed at their home on Catalpa Drive. 

Brandy Barker, 38, of Lebanon, also died at a CEVA warehouse where she was working as a security guard. 

Barker was engaged and was a mother to two children. 

‘She spent her life building a future for her children and giving them the best life possible. She enjoyed exercising, cosmetology, and had a passion for softball much of her life. Spending time with her family and watching them grow kept her spirits high,’ her obituary said. 

At least 11 are still missing, and hundreds of buildings are decimated in the devastating string of tornadoes that tore through Tennessee in the deadliest tornado outbreak in the state since 2011.

At least two deadly twisters razed through the state after midnight on Tuesday. 

On Wednesday morning residents started to return to their disintegrated homes as tens of thousands are left without electric power, disrupted gas and waterlines and debris-filled roads. 

The National Guard aided the search for dozens of missing residents on Wednesday morning as rescue crews sifted through shredded neighborhoods, with officials warning the death toll may rise. 

‘There is a good possibility there may be more. It’s early yet,’ Governor Bill Lee said Wednesday. 

The tornadoes roared through Davidson, Putnam Benton and Wilson counties, killing at least 24 people in its path of destruction that stretched across 50 miles. 

One of those twisters was an EF-3 tornado with winds up to 165mph that twisted through a 10-mile stretch Nashville, killing two people downtown and obliterating three dozen buildings including the tower and stained glass of a historic church, according to the National Weather Service. 

Another tornado damaged more than 100 structures along a two-mile path of destruction in Putnam County, lifting some homes from their foundations.

On Tuesday the NWS said the damage survey teams will determine in the coming days the paths of the tornadoes and if the damage came from one monster twister or two separate ones. 

There are currently no tornado warnings in effect for Middle Tennessee as of Wednesday.    

Officials in Putnam County are now working to locate 11 people who are unaccounted for, officials said Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday night they released a missing persons list of 76 people. 

At least 88 people in the county were treated at hospitals for their injuries, Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said. Officials went door to door Tuesday searching 150 standing structures. 

‘The damage is dramatic to see,’ Porter said to NBC after touring the county by helicopter.  

In hard-hit Cookeville, Tennessee, one couple revealed they tried to seek shelter by hiding in their home’s bathtub but the storm lifted the house and threw the residents more 50 yards away into nearby trees. 

Though they escaped the tornado with minor injuries, their home was completely obliterated. 

‘This is where we hid in the bathtub,’ Resident Seth Wells and Danielle Theophile said to CBS This Morning. 

‘I got woke up at 1.50 from my phone with a tornado warning. And that’s when I heard it. It was this deep, roar, rumbling sound that I had never heard before,’ Wells said. ‘We were flying in the air and into the trees back there. Once we hit those trees the house just exploded. It disintegrated. 

‘I could feel myself lifting and flipping over,’ Theophile said. 

‘I have no clue how we survived,’ Wells said. ‘Like Wizard of Oz.’

Theophile said her head split open in the twister and she required 15 stitches to her forehead. 

The couple said after the ordeal they’re not letting go of each other. ‘Not after this. Not ever. We’re not letting go,’ Wells said. 

East Nashville residents had only a six-minute warning to try and find shelter, according to Davidson County. 

‘I got the warning and in less than 10 minutes you could just feel the pressure, my ears were popping we all ran downstairs and just huddled together,’ Theophile said. 

At the peak of the power outages more than 50,000 homes and businesses were left int he dark. As of Tuesday evening some 38,000 customers were still without electricity, as per the Nashville Electric Service.  The Nashville twister that struck on Tuesday ripped through the same paths of the infamous 1933 and 1998 tornadoes that destroyed the area, according to the Washington Post. 

On Tuesday distressed residents sifted through the wreckage to head to the polls to cast their Super Tuesday vote.

‘East Nashville isn’t letting a tornado stop us from participating in our democracy,’ Nashville resident Lisa Estrada tweeted from her polling station. ‘What’s your excuse?’

At least 15 precincts were relocated in the storm and some others were damaged or required a generator for the vote. 

More than 515,000 Tennessee voters cast their ballots in the Super Tuesday primary and Joe Biden won the majority.  

President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he will visit Tennessee on Friday. 

‘I will be going to the Great State of Tennessee on Friday. The USA stands with the people of Tennessee 100%, whatever they need! The tornadoes were of record size & velocity. God bless your loved ones & all of the families affected!’  

Nashville Mayor John Cooper said while the ‘damage is devastating’ residents are stepping up to aid the community. 

The website for Nashville volunteer organization Hands On Nashville crashed three times from so many people trying to sign up to volunteer. By Tuesday afternoon more than 5,000 had signed up.  

Celebrities and country music stars including Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift shared messages of support for the people of Tennessee in light of the monster storms. 

Underwood said she was in her Nashville home with her husband and two young children when the twister hit. 

‘He said he had to go upstairs at like 2 a.m. and grab the boys and take them down to a little safe room in our house,’ she said on the Today show. 

Tuesday’s tornado was the second deadliest in Tennessee history. 

The most fatal was on March 22, 1952 when twisters killed 38 people in the state. Another deadly tornado ripped through the area on February 2008, killing 22. 

Tuesday’s twister was the deadliest the entire US since 23 people were killed last year in Lee County, Alabama on March 3, 2019. 

In 2011 the most catastrophic tornado outbreak was recorded hitting the Southern, Midwestern and Northeastern states including Tennessee. In total 360 tornadoes were confirmed in 21 states over the course of three days leading to 324 casualties.  In Tennessee alone 35 people died in 53 tornadoes, as per WBIR.