The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed 29 weather-related fatalities linked to Winter Storm Fern.
Fatalities have been reported in the following counties:
- Six fatalities in Shelby
- Three fatalities in Davidson
- Three fatalities in Knox
- Two fatalities in Fayette
- Two fatalities in Hardin
- Two fatalities in Hawkins
- Two fatalities in Henderson
- Two fatalities in Hickman
- Two fatalities in Obion
- One fatality in Cheatham
- One fatality in Dyer
- One fatality in Hancock
- One fatality in Haywood
- One fatality in Johnson
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