Severe Rain in US state set off fresh flash flooding wreaks havoc
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Aug 19, 2010, 3:37:01 PM8/19/10
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Severe Rain in US state set off fresh flash flooding wreaks havoc
Kristin M. Hall
August 19, 2010 - 10:34PM
AP
Drenching rains swept away a home, trapped drivers in their vehicles and derailed a train in Tennessee, and a round of heavy rain set off fresh flash flooding early on Thursday.
The downpours that began on Wednesday hit some of the same parts of middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May, but forecasters don't foresee it wreaking the same kind of havoc. Portions of middle and east Tennessee as well as areas of southern Kentucky and western North Carolina and Virginia have been under flash flood warnings or watches.
National Weather Service forecaster John Cohen near Nashville said 10 to 15 centimetres of rain deluged an area along the Sumner County-Wilson County line, beginning around 10pm on Wednesday and lasting about five hours.
Much of the damage in Tennessee on Wednesday was in Putnam County, where a home floated off its foundation and a train carrying sand derailed when the tracks were washed away.
Roads were washed out and some minor bridges were affected, but no injuries or deaths were reported, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeremy Heidt said.
No fatalities or injuries had been reported to state officials, he said.
The floods in May killed 22 people in Tennessee and caused over $US2 billion ($A2.22 billion) in damage in Nashville alone. Record two-day rains swelled the Cumberland River.
Severe Rain in US state set off fresh flash flooding wreaks havoc
Kristin M. Hall
August 19, 2010 - 10:34PM
AP
Drenching rains swept away a home, trapped drivers in their vehicles and derailed a train in Tennessee, and a round of heavy rain set off fresh flash flooding early on Thursday.
The downpours that began on Wednesday hit some of the same parts of middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May, but forecasters don't foresee it wreaking the same kind of havoc. Portions of middle and east Tennessee as well as areas of southern Kentucky and western North Carolina and Virginia have been under flash flood warnings or watches.
National Weather Service forecaster John Cohen near Nashville said 10 to 15 centimetres of rain deluged an area along the Sumner County-Wilson County line, beginning around 10pm on Wednesday and lasting about five hours.
Much of the damage in Tennessee on Wednesday was in Putnam County, where a home floated off its foundation and a train carrying sand derailed when the tracks were washed away.
Roads were washed out and some minor bridges were affected, but no injuries or deaths were reported, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jeremy Heidt said.
No fatalities or injuries had been reported to state officials, he said.
The floods in May killed 22 people in Tennessee and caused over $US2 billion ($A2.22 billion) in damage in Nashville alone. Record two-day rains swelled the Cumberland River.
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