REPORTER: SILENCE INTERRUPTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

>> THERE IT IS, GO.

REPORTER: AS MOST OF MUSIC CITY SLEPT, THIS SUSPECTED EF3 TORNADO BARRELED THROUGH DOWNTOWN, EAST NASHVILLE.

>> IT IS SURREAL.

I FEEL LIKE I AM IN A MOVIE.

>> WE HERDED AND SAW THE WATER LEAKING FROM THE CEILING.

REPORTER: CARS TOSSED, TRAILERS FLIPPED, HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLATTENED.

>> AT LEAST -- AT LEAST 150 PEOPLE WERE HURT.

>> IT WAS CRAZY.

REPORTER: SHE IS A SINGER-SONGWRITER LIVING IN NASHVILLE.

SHE WAS UP MUCH OF THE NIGHT MONITORING THE TORNADO’S PATH FROM HER APARTMENT.

WHEN SHE AWOKE, SHE DISCOVERED HER OLD APARTMENT A FEW MILES AWAY TOOK A DIRECT HIT.

>> THAT WAS THE WINDOW TO MY ROOM.

IT IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY WILD.

REPORTER: COFFEE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, MUSIC VENUES AND HER GYM ARE GONE.

BART ALREADY CARLY SAYS HEALING AND RECOVERY.

>> IT HAS BEEN DEVASTATING, REALLY TOUGH TO SOAK IN THE TRUTH.

IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW