Torrential rain and flash floods kill seven people in Nashville and middle Tennessee
Torrential rain and flash floods kill seven people in Nashville and middle Tennessee At the end of March, record rainfall of more than seven inches over a two-day period caused flooding in middle Tennessee, including Nashville, leading to seven deaths. Nashville’s highest two-day recorded rainfall began on Saturday, March 27 and ended only in the early hours of Palm Sunday, March 28. Emergency workers used boats to rescue some 100 people stranded by flood water that surrounded their vehicles and homes. According to media reports, dozens of other residents were rescued in the adjacent counti...
Source: wsws.org