Tragedies in Tennessee & Mississippi: Flooding Kills At Least 15, Other Southern States Hit by Storm (video) – Update: Deadly Tornado Info
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on May 3, 2010
The heavy rain storms that have hit the southern United States have taken a deadly toll, particularly in Tennessee and Mississippi. The death toll has risen and people are still missing. Reports warn that more rain is due this afternoon.
From ABC News, Flooding kills at least 11 in Tennessee:
Flooding caused by torrential rains in the US has killed at least 11 people in central Tennessee and forced scores of others to evacuate homes and businesses, Nashville-based The Tennessean newspaper reported.
At least two more people were listed as missing.
The newspaper said thousands of cars, homes and basements are filled with water and entire neighborhoods are submerged across the state.
Late Sunday, Nashville announced that it was shutting down a water treatment plant and that a levee along the Cumberland River had begun to leak, the report said.
After an aerial survey, mayor Karl Dean said the damage was worse than he thought.
“This situation is going to require a very large recovery process,” the paper quotes Mr Dean as saying.
“The magnitude of the damage to our community was much more than what I expected. The safety of some of our infrastructure is questionable.”
Nashville fire and rescue officials were still searching late Sunday for two young men who went missing after they tried to raft in a creek with inner tubes, The Tennessean said.
Associated Press, Storms Kill at Least 11 in Tennessee, 4 in Mississippi
A portable classroom from a TN high school was seen floating down a flooded Interstate 24 in Antioch, near Nashville, Tennessee. A resident recorded the WTVF news report from the television reporting.
WTVF – Building floats down I-24; Antioch (Nashville), TN
Tennessee Flood 2010
From Washington Post, Line of deadly storms moves through the South:
Storms prove lethal in Tenn. and Miss.
A devastating line of thunderstorms slammed Tennessee and northern Mississippi over the weekend, killing at least 15 people, closing scores of highways, and leaving weeks of cleanup for thousands of residents whose homes were damaged.
Thousands were removed and hundreds of others were rescued from their homes — some plucked from rooftops — as floodwaters from swollen rivers and creeks inundated neighborhoods across the region. Hospitals, schools and state buildings also were flooded.
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen called it an “unprecedented rain event,” but that statement did not capture the magnitude. More than 13 inches of rain fell in Nashville over two days, nearly doubling the previous record of 6.68 inches that fell after Hurricane Frederic in 1979.
“That is an astonishing amount of rain in a 24- or 36-hour period,” Bredesen said Sunday.
Some more homemade videos of the flood…
Jackson, Tennessee Flood – May 1, 2010
West Tennessee Flood – Jackson, TN – Submerged Van
UPDATE: Tornado information has been released, for northern Mississippi…
From Examiner, Deadly tornadoes confirmed in Northern Mississippi; 7th deadliest year since 1950 for tornadoes:
The Memphis National Weather Service (MNWS) confirmed 2 killer tornadoes occurred early Sunday morning between 2 and 3 am CDT in Northern Mississippi.
A MNWS survey team determined an 30 to 70 yard wide EF-2 tornado with estimated winds of 130 mph, touched down at approximately 214 am CDT Sunday and tracked 1.4 miles from a start near Highway 7 just southwest of the town of Abbeville, Mississippi in Lafayette County across the southside of the town.
One person was killed at the initial touchdown point, where a single family home was destroyed. A doublewide trailer was also destroyed with several other homes damaged. Numerous trees were uprooted along its path.
Minutes later at 246 am CDT Sunday, the MNWS survey say a strong and long tracked tornado touched down further northeast in Benton County, approximately 2 miles south of Ashland, Mississippi near Highway 5.
The 100 yard to half mile wide EF-3 tornado with estimated winds of 145 mph remained on the ground for 27.7 miles across Benton and Tippah Counties before lifting in Southeastern Hardeman County in Southern Tennessee.
From LehighValleyLive.com News, Forecasts call for rain into the afternoon, high temp could reach 80:
A flood advisory for the Lehigh Valley and beyond is expected to expire this morning, but forecasters are calling for showers and thunderstorms into the afternoon.
The flood advisory included Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania. Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey also could see stream flooding early today, the National Weather Service reports.
Flooding closed two roads in Lower Macungie Township this morning, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation: Mill Creek/Spring Creek Road between Mill Creek Road and Rolling Meadow Drive, and Lehigh Street/Indian Creek Road between Macungie Road and Sauerkraut Lane. Lehigh Street had reopened by 11 o’clock.
There is a possibility of showers and thunderstorms until about 3 o’clock, but the rain should be replaced by mostly sun before the day is over, the weather service predicts.
The rain is not expected to bring any relief from the heat; today’s high temperature could reach 80 degrees, the weather service said.
The weather turned deadly this weekend in Tennessee and Mississippi after a series of powerful thunderstorms brought tornadoes, record rains and flooding over the weekend, according to the Associated Press.
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