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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 19) -- Drenching rains swept away a home, trapped drivers in their vehicles and derailed a train in Tennessee, and forecasters expected more heavy showers to fall Thursday over the Southeast. The downpours Wednesday hit some of the same parts of Middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May, but forecasters don't foresee it wreaking the same kind of havoc. Portions of Middle and East Tennessee as well as areas of southern Kentucky and western North Carolina and Virginia have been under flash flood warnings or watches. Much of the damage in Tennessee ...
Eleven people are dead after a record-breaking flood hit Middle Tennessee over the weekend, The Tennessean reports. Thousands are still without power after heavy rainfall lead to closures and evacuations in Nashville and several nearby towns. The Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center was emptied of its 1,500 guests. The MetroCenter area north of downtown was evacuated, displacing about 500 people, when a levee along the Cumberland River began to leak. City officials shut down one of Nashville's water treatment facilities and said the city's infrastructure was in danger of serious ...
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