Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government Record rains around Nashville, Tennessee, have killed at least four people, and local officials have rescued at least 130 people from houses, apartments, and vehicles.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency warning overnight for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, and Mt. Juliet.
On Sunday, local authorities said they recovered a deceased man from a Honda sedan, which was submerged by flooding from a creek. A second victim was found dead on a golf course, which police say could have been the result of being swept away by high water after an attempt to escape a vehicle that ran off the road.
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MNPD Urban Search & Rescue officers have just recovered a deceased man from this Honda sedan that was submerged by flooding from the creek next to the Wal-Mart at Harding Pl & Nolensville Pk. pic.twitter.com/xxppLhIM94
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) March 28, 2021
Two other victims, one man and one woman, were also found dead in a homeless camp.
The National Weather Service found Saturday to be the wettest day in Nashville history, with 5.75 inches of rain falling.
A church in Mt. Juliet canceled Palm Sunday services after water flooded the building and broke the glass in the front of its entrance. Severe weather also sent chairs through a hallway, according to a report by the Associated Press.
“I am smiling, but our hearts are devastated,” Pastor Jarod Smith of the New Tribe Church said at the start of an online service. “We are standing in our worship center, and there’s just not enough words to describe what it actually looks like.”
The Nashville Fire Department and water rescue teams say the floods are causing mudslides and trapping people in their homes.
Among the 130 people rescued, fifteen were recovered at an apartment complex in south Nashville, where the lower level of the building was flooded in waist-deep water. Two were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
