Remarkableriots Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Tennessee flooding updates: Lawmakers urge president to 'swiftly' approve disaster declaration request WWW.USATODAY.COM Extreme flooding in Tennessee on Saturday killed at least 21 people and left dozens missing. The city of Waverly and Humphreys County were hit hardest. Quote Saturday's record-shattering rainfall unleashed floods that left at least 21 dead, Humphreys County Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Grey Collier said. State and federal crews began damage assessment on the ground Monday, but debris removal will not begin anytime soon, Collier said. Gov. Bill Lee officially requested a formal expedited major disaster declaration via FEMA for the four counties impacted by Saturday’s catastrophic flooding — Dickson, Hickman, Houston, and Humphreys —from President Joe Biden's administration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Damn man I can't keep up with all the bad stuff going on in the world. First I'm hearing about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 This occurred near me. I've driven through Waverly many times and I'm really surprised that it got as bad as it did. But the surprising thing was that it got so bad so fast. I've never seen it rain that hard for that long ever before--harder even than in the Nashville Flood of 2010. Waverly (and that entire watershed) saw 17 inches of rain in 24 hours. That's like... off the charts. And the land around there is all hollows and hills. It's truly tragic and one of the worst flooding disasters in this state's history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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