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The Associated Press |
Parts of the South and Midwest, still reeling from violent storms, tornadoes and flooding that have killed more than a dozen people, face new flooding and tornado warnings that forecasters said could ...
The New York Times |
The storm, which has killed at least 15 people, doesn’t show signs of letting up.
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Four years after flood waters swept through Humphreys County, killing 19 in the small town of Waverly, flash floods threaten the community once again.
Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding came Saturday for parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned some deadly tornadoes.
Flooding is the major concern for communities in Tennessee as heavy rain lingers. Find out where rivers are flooding with our flood map.
Storms ripped through Middle Tennessee Wednesday night and the rain is still coming, raising concerns of flooding on roads.
Flash flooding due to relentless rainfall can be life-threatening and catastrophic in some communities into this weekend, then river flooding on the major rivers could lead to weeks of inundation, great economic loss.
Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people. From Texas to Ohio, utilities scrambled to shut off power and gas, while cities closed roads and deployed sandbags to protect homes and businesses.
In 2011, water rose so rapidly that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had to blast a hole in levees along Mississippi River farmland in rural southern Missouri in a last-ditch effort to avoid an uncontrolled breach of the levees further downstream in Memphis, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.
Middle and West Tennessee are predicted to see inches of rain, flash flooding, hail and possibly tornadoes. "Should the amount of rain occur that we anticipate over the middle of the nation, it would exceed the 500 to 1,000-year average," AccuWeather ...