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Mad Prophet Ludwig5/03/2010 8:32:46 pm PDT

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Officials: Floods kill 4 more people in Tenn.
(AP) – 3 hours ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Officials in Tennessee say four more people have been killed in flooding, bringing the state’s storm-related death toll to 16.
Gov. Phil Bredesen (BRED’-uh-sen) said Monday that two more bodies were found outside of Nashville. A short time later, Nashville city spokeswoman Gwen Hopkins said two additional people were killed by flooding from the rising Cumberland River.

In total, 26 people have died from weekend storms and flash flooding in Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. Fifteen of the deaths in Tennessee were flood-related and one person died in a weekend tornado in the western part of the state.

Thousands have fled there homes in Nashville as the Cumberland continues to rise after heavy rains dumped more than 13 inches of water in two days.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville braced for more deaths Monday as the flooded Cumberland River continued to swell, sending muddy water rushing through neighborhoods and into parts of the historic heart of Music City after a destructive line of weekend storms killed 22 people in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky.

As AGW continues, we will see more and more of this.