Flooding in Tennessee

The Cumberland River overflows its banks near downtown Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Heavy weekend rain caused the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to overflow its banks, cresting at its highest level since 1937 and flooding part of downtown and other areas around the city.

Cargo containers sit in floodwater Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

Shipping containers float in floodwater Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

Airplanes are partially submerged in floodwater at the Cornelia Fort Airpark Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

Residents remove flood debris from their homes Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

Receding floodwater can still be seen on the surface of LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans football team, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.

A flooded farm is seen near Jackson, Tenn., Monday, May 3, 2010. Heavy weekend rains brought flooding to many parts of Tennessee.

A flooded neighborhood in Nashville, Tenn. ON Monday, May 3, 2010.

Kelly Espinoza is helped to a waiting car after she and her family, including daughter Shelby Bradford, 9, right, were brought across flood waters by boat from the Somerset Farms subdivision on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

David Sesler carries his guitars through floodwater after recovering them from his flooded home using his houseboat, Monday, May 3, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

Jennifer Coleman walks down the ditch where a car identified by family members as belonging to Bill and Frankie Rutledge (Coleman's aunt and uncle) was found Monday, May 3, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. The couple had been missing since Sunday, during the second day of intense rain and flooding. Bill Rutledge's body was found in another location.

Pilcher building owner Mac McDonald carries a bucket of water out in downtown Tennessee, as flood waters continue to rise on Monday May 3, 2010.

Two people are seen on a walkway of a hotel surrounded by floodwater Monday, May 3, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

AP Photo/The Tennessean, Samuel M. Simpkins

Opry Mills Mall, front right, and the Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, Tenn., stand in floodwater on Monday, May 3, 2010.

Jackie Proffit rests on her bags as her husband Joey talks on the phone as they wait to be evacuated from the Opryland Hotel on Monday, May 3, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. All of about 1,500 guests were evacuated overnight.

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A motorist passes by a section of washed-out road along U.S. Hwy. 4 between Ashland, Miss., and Holy Springs, Miss., Sunday, May 2, 2010. The road collapsed because of flash flooding.

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Dover Anthony sings on as he overlooks a parking lot of submerged cars at the Knights Motel in East Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, May 2, 2010.

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Thad DelConte looks at the flood waters on the grounds of the Grand Ole Opry House on Monday, May 3, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. After heavy weekend rains and flooding, officials in Tennessee are preparing for the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to crest more than 11 feet Monday afternoon.

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Sandbags are set up to avoid flooding in Lebanon, Tenn, Sunday, May 2, 2010. More flooding is expected as flood waters rise all around the midstate area.

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A vendor walks through the Farmers market which was flooded in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, May 2, 2010.

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A vendor at the Farmers market looks out at some of his wares on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Most of the market was underwater because of storms that brought heavy flooding and tornadoes to the region over the weekend.

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A truck passes by a flooded car as flood waters cover Interstate 24 near the Antioch Pike overpass in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 1, 2010. Heavy rains pounded Tennessee, causing widespread flooding across the state. A spokesman for the Nashville Fire Department said one person drowned in flood waters on Interstate 24 south of Nashville.

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Terrell Perkins watches the water rush through his front yard on Geneva Street in East Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010.

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Greg Lebel tries to divert water into a flood drain so it won't flood his yard in East Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010.

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A truck tries to pass though flood waters on Interstate 24 near Antioch Pike on Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Nashville.

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A submerged car sits in flood waters on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Severe storms dumped heavy rain on Tennessee for the second straight day.

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Kristi Hellerman walks her daughter Kallie Cox, 3, through their flooded neighborhood near Pleasant Planes, Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Jackson, Tenn.

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Ira Godsy, who lives in the Knights Motel in East Nashville, wades out to his car, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Most of the cars were under water in storms that brought heavy flooding and tornadoes to the region over the weekend.

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Ray Brandon gets some possessions out of the Knights motel room in East Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Heavy storms brought flooding and tornados to the region over the weekend.

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Austin Allred, 15, left, and Michael Rainwater of New Albany, Miss., get their exercise walking through knee-deep rushing water along Union County Road 83 on Sunday, May 2, 2010. The road along with several others in northeast Mississippi suffered from flash flooding.

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A car is caught in a creek normally contained behind the tree during flooding Sunday May 2, 2010, along KY 377 in Morehead, Ky. Heavy rains in Rowan and Lewis Counties have caused many streams to leave their banks.

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People are brought across flood waters from the Somerset Farms subdivision on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Flooding cut off access to Somerset Farms and residents were evacuated.

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Firefighters ride an air boat as they work to transport people stranded by flooding on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn.

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Metro Fire Department Special Operation rescues a Belle Meade police office on Harding Road in Belle Meade, Tenn., on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Police officer Norm Shelton was clinging to a tree for an hour before being rescued. The location of his patrol car is unknown.

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Salesman Obetho Perez, left, helps a customer to his car in heavy rain while Kevin Hurley, right, tries to keep flooding water out of Shell Lumber in Miami during a mid-morning rainstorm on Monday, April 26, 2010.

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