In Tennessee, at least three people have died and hundreds of homes were destroyed after a wildfire tore through resort towns near the Great Smoky Mountains. As many as 14,000 people fled Monday and Tuesday as 90-mile-per-hour wind gusts pushed the fires into the towns. This is the mayor of Sevier County, Larry Waters.

Mayor Larry Waters: “We continue to learn devastating news about the magnitude of the losses that we are experiencing as a community in Sevier County. I have now been able to confirm the loss of three lives in Sevier County. We are deeply saddened by these losses, and we extend our prayers to the family—families of all of them. We do not have information to release at this time regarding identities, as we are awaiting notification of next of kin.”

This comes as, early this morning, a tornado killed three people after it tore through a mobile home park in Alabama and critically injured four children after hitting a daycare center.