Many Missing, 22 Dead After 17 Inches Of Rain In Tennessee

Over the weekend, Middle Tennessee experienced horrific record-breaking rain and flooding, leaving 22 people dead and many more missing. Saturday’s flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers, and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the monstrous rain. Emergency workers have looked door to door yesterday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after.

A flash flood watch was issued before the rain started, with forecasters saying 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) of rain was possible. Krissy Hurley, a weather service meteorologist in Nashville stated; “Forecasting almost a record is something we don’t do very often. Double the amount we’ve ever seen was almost unfathomable…We had an incredible amount of water in the atmosphere. Thunderstorms developed and moved across the same area over and over and over.”

Source: NPR