iReporter Caroline Parker went to a pedestrian bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, to observe the flooding in the city.
A system of rain and thunderstorms that spawned tornadoes continued to pound the Southeast on Monday, leaving at least 19 dead in its wake and displacing or stranding thousands of people. Below are some iReports from some of the affected areas.
Burnsville, Mississippi:
– Audie Osborn interviewed sons Sam and Jeremy about witnessing a family of four being rescued from a flooded road.
Antioch, Tennessee:
– Brionna Watson took this video of a putting golf facility under a few feet of water. She says families have been asked to limit their water usage.
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Clarksville, Tennessee:
– Teresa Steele shot photos of high river water, flooded buildings and a submerged gas station.
Columbia, Tennessee:
– Jason Franks took this photo of a truck tipped to the side and stuck on a flooded road with its headlights still on.
Franklin, Tennessee:
– Jeannie Wright snapped this picture of a car filled with water in a flooded apartment complex parking lot.
Lexington, Tennessee:
– John Ellis has been providing ongoing updates of flood levels and efforts to repair damage. He sent this video of water swirling around like the bottom of a drain.
Nashville, Tennessee:
– Sandy Rochelle photographed a beauty store that emptied its chairs into a parking lot to save them.
– Roscoe Shelton, Jr., shot this video of a house demolished by flooding. He says the family was still inside the house when the video was shot.
– Caroline Parker ventured to a pedestrian bridge overlooking downtown Nashville to take photos of buildings submerged in several feet of water. She said the water made driving tricky.
– Truck driver Glen Hapeman sent a picture of himself standing on a floating piece of debris in a truck stop parking lot.
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The full magnitude of this event is just beginning to unfold. This is Katrina-esk...
The property damage alone will be in the 10s of billions, it is split b/t both commercial and residential damage. The destruction is widespread across the mid-state with the epicenter being Nashville. This will work its way to flooding parts of the Mississipi. There are many large neighborhoods completely under water....
To the post man who helped us last night in Nashville. You are an angel. Thank you so much for coming to our rescue. I was so frantic when they turned us off I-40. My husband and I were traveling with our horse and had been on the road since 6am. I was so worried about our horse and so desperately needed to get him to a safe place for the night, thanks to you we found a way to I-65 and thus to a safe and dry stable for the night for Wyedale. We are home tonight in Arkansas and telling all our friends about the post man with wings who appeared out of nowhere, led us to safety and then disappeared into the night no doubt to go and help as many others as he could!......your kindness and generosity were greatly appreciated.
Slept in the back of a pizza resturant the last two days cause I couldn't get home or get to my friends, or family.
What happened to Nashville is serious. Why is taking the media so long to see this: http://twitpic.com/1kovru
People are dying and without food and fresh water! Why is this not being covered, CNN??
Because it's in the south and not New York. Ridiculous. Huff Post is even worse.
CNN COVER NASHVILLE NEVER
CNN..... (COVER NASHVILLE NOT)
WHY IS IT OBAMA CAN MAKE BOSTON A DISASTER AREA AFTER A WATER MAIN BREAKS ON SATURDAY BUT 20 PLUS PEOPLE DIE IN THE SOUTH AND HE IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND
CNN (COMPLETELY NO NEWCOVERAGE)
ITS AMAZING CNN GIVES SEAN PENN MORE AIRTIME TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HAITI THAN THEY ARE COVERING OF NASHVILLE ALL TOGTHER
CNN's coverage of this seems very nonchalant at best! Gov. Phil Bredesen asked President Obama to declare 52 Tennessee counties as federal disaster areas yet this is all CNN can dredge up to report?!? Are we in Tennessee not people too? Or do we just not matter?
I am shocked that the flooding in middle tn/southern ky isnt being covered. schools are closed, businesses are closed, and people haved died. Our beloved opryland hotel is under water as well as the rest of the city. shame on you cnn for not giving this story attention.
In all my years (66) I have never seen anything like this happening. I have been in in ares twisters but nothing of this magnitude.
I have never seen flooding such as this even when in Hawaiii when the ocean came up over into into towns. I have been in tropical storms–typhoons and nothing of this magitude had occoured–on Okinawa. I lived in Arkansas for a long time and nothing like this had ever happened–Little Rock, right on the Arkansas river, well close to it.