Tennessee floods claim fifth victim; more rain on the way
Flash flooding in Tennessee has claimed a fifth victim after authorities said a man drove his car around barricades and apparently drowned
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Your support makes all the difference.Flash flooding in Tennessee has claimed a fifth victim after authorities said a man drove his car around barricades and apparently drowned.
The latest death occurred Sunday night in Ashland City, just west of Nashville when the man in his 60s ignored a sign warning of flooding and went into high water, Cheatham County Emergency Management Director Edwin Hogan told news outlets. The man's name was not immediately released.
Four others died in Nashville and dozens more had to be rescued after the city received more than seven inches of rain, the second-highest two-day rainfall total ever recorded, Mayor John Cooper said at a news conference Sunday.
The deluge flooded homes and left roads impassible. Some were still closed on Monday as the waters began to recede.
The Harpeth River crested 15 feet (about 4.6 meters) above flood stage Sunday night at Kingston Springs and was expected to fall below flood stage by Monday night.
But the National Weather Service warned that up to two inches of rain could fall in parts of Tennessee on Tuesday night and Wednesday.