Death toll climbs from Saturday's massive Tennessee flash flooding.
Earlier, officials described dire circumstances in communities in the western portion of Middle Tennessee.in their homes and have no way to get out. Water is up to their necks. It is catastrophic, the worst kind of situation," Krissy Hurley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Nashville, told The Tennessean of the flooding in Humphreys County, where Waverly is located.soldiers and airmen to the area in response to the flooding.
Several people were missing in nearby Hickman County. Cell service was knocked out in both counties and flooding closed a large portion of Interstate 40.The fire department in Dickson, about 35 miles west of Nashville, started responding toThe NWS declared a flash flood emergency and tweeted that this was "an incredibly active" with 15 to 17 inches of rain reported in 24 hours in areas around Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and Hickman counties.A truck and a car sit in a creek Sunday, Aug.
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