Downtown disaster: 28 dead in US flood; Nashville, Clarksville under water
- 14 years ago
The death toll from a violent storm that hit the southern U.S. has risen to 28, as receding waters reveal more bodies. The flash-flood caught Nashville, Tennessee off-guard, drowning the city's down-town in the muddy waters of the swollen Cumberland river. Thousands were forced to flee their homes. Rescuers used boats and jet-skis to save those trapped by the flooding.