There is at least one storm-related death, and numerous cars are overturned on Interstate 75 after a tornado struck Adairsville, Georgia, the National Weather Service reported.
The twister touched down before noon in the city of about 4,600 located roughly midway between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee, the weather service reported, adding that two other tornadoes were reported in the region - one in east Lindale, another in southeast Calhoun.
Numerous buildings, some with people inside, were damaged in northern Bartow County after a tornado touched down Wednesday morning. One person is dead, and officials believe it's the result of a building collapsing, and the believed to have been as a result Bartow County Fire Chief Craig Millsap.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution further reported that "dozens" of vehicles were overturned on I-75 in Bartow, and local news reports aired images of scores of cars stopped on the highway.
All lanes of 75, both northbound and southbound, are blocked at milepost 306 in Georgia, amid reports of a tornado touchdown, the state's Department of Transportation reports. The DOT reported that it did not expect the highway to be cleared until about 1:15 or 1:30 p.m. ET.
Meanwhile, Georgia Power says it reports of outages have been "fairly light."
A reporter for CNN affiliate WSB-TV said he saw the tornado form as he arrived in Adairsville on Wednesday morning. At least one home was leveled, and cars were flipped over, the station reported.
Bartow County police and fire dispatchers told the Journal-Constitution there were injuries and numerous calls of trauma in and around Adairsville before 11:30 a.m. ET, and one call to the fire department reported that a building in Adiairsville was ablaze and five people were trapped inside.
The paper further reported one call involved an overturned car with someone inside. Many roads in the area are impassable, the paper said.
In Nashville, Tennessee, a man told CNN affiliate WTVF that his wife's uncle was killed when a tree fell on a shed about 3 a.m. Tornado warnings were issued in Middle Tennessee overnight, and CNN affiliate WKRN reported that a possible tornado touched down in Mt. Juliet.
There were also reported of an overturned 18-wheeler, brush fires, roof damage and trees down in the Mt. Juliet area, WKRN-TV reported.
There were also reports of storm damage overnight or Wednesday morning in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana and Kentucky.
