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Could be more than $1 billion. search and rescue teams today fanned out in neighborhoods across nashville, searching homes. tomorrow, the grim work continues. the images over the last couple of days have been unbelievable. this one from nashville. look at that huge object, look like a truck or something, right? that structure being swept along interstate 24 is a portable classroom, used by students. thankfully no one was inside. that happened saturday. look at these submerged vehicles outside mi...

Side the barrier. it is already coming up. well exceed the 51.5. for the buildings in downtown nashville already dealing with flood waters up into the first floor and parking garages, this will exacerbate the problem in through here. four shelters are open. we heard too a little while ago the lp field right across the river is going to cut power. i thought it is interesting that rumor coincided with the report that they were going to release more water for the dams. means a higher river and that...

Were still talking about -- i was about to say hundreds of people rescued. youre saying the number is higher than that and power is out in several areas. >> oh, yeah. over a thousand people have been rescued now. this is just in the state of tennessee, not to mention whats been going on in some of the other states. a state of emergency has been declared and while the rain may have stopped by now, the flood situation is by no means over and the waters continue to rise. these are pictures from the...

Upstate new york, pennsylvania and ohio and parts of the deep south here. don, back to you. >> jacqui jeras, thank you very much. listen, we are going to continue to follow this flooding and the situation that is going on, flooding in nashville. you saw the school annex floating down the street. the deluge of rain in tennessee killed five people and put interstates under water. our affiliate in nashville captured this video of a school annex building smashing apart after it was carried down the ...

Emergency responders as well as volunteers helping to have people driving in their cars and low lying areas and road closures are hammering the rescue efforts while the residents are dealing with water thats starting to seep into their homes and some structures are swept away by the rising flood levels. on your screen, you can see a building, that was once on the back of a tractor-trailer. it was later seen floating down what was once an interstate. these rains came very quickly, they caught man...

>> reporter: its not yet over and we learn out of the five deaths, three occurred when people were stuck or swept away in their vehicles. officials in the southeast are doing everything they can to get people safely to the shelters, but theyre battling the fact that a lot of the roadways have been turned into pools essentially. and under the water they have buckle and collapsed making the roads dangerous and impassable. drivers and passengers could be seen all day yesterday jumping out of their ...

Going? >> they are continuing. one person died as a result of a reported tornado in mississippi. five people have died as a result of all of the flooding that has taken place in tennessee. the rain is not letting up and also the rescue efforts are being hampered by the flood waters. the roads are turning into pools and these bridges are collapsing. judging by the photographs we have been seeing it is easy to see why the national guard has been called in. they are working with helicopters who wer...

This. people completely caught unaware on freeways, i believe that interstate 24. you have a house that was floating along the interstate, ran into a big rig and then begins to break apart. you have people still trying to get into the water to the other side. civil emergency officials are saying do not get into any water along the roadway. their resources are completely tapped thin. i have to tell you the heaviest of the rain, we had a big heavy band that went through 20 minutes ago. that has mo...

>> phil keating, thank you, well check with you. >> we should mention later this hour well talk with the chief operating officer of bp, what theyre doing to prevent the problem from spreading and obviously coming under a lot of criticism and well answer some of the questions for you. >> its a busy morning here, obviously, we r were tracking deadly severe weather in tennessee have killed at least five people. this is video, if you can believe it of interstate 24 near nashville. the road is comple...

As soon as he is finished, jay leno will perform. we are going to bring that to you live on cnn. first we want to take care of some business. there is breaking news including the weather. deadly storm right now pounding the south. deluge of rain in tennessee killed five people and put interstates under water. look at this video from our affiliate in nashville. this is a school annex building smashing apart after the water carried it down the interstate and into a tractor trailer. this gives you ...