News Directory

Liputan6.com, Tennessee: Floods that hit three southern U.S. states, manabah victims from 15 people to 28 people were killed [read: Tennessee Floods Kill 15 People]. As many as 14 people were killed in Tennessee, one of them killed by the tornado that hit in Tennessee last Saturday. While others drowned in flash floods.

While in Nashville, the rain that fell during the two days, almost double the previous record for rainfall. Opryland Hotel in Nashville in the Cumberland river also flooded because of the embankment of the river burst its banks. A hotel spokesman said the hotel would be closed until an unspecified time limit. As a result, 1,500 hotel guests were evacuated to a high school.

On the disaster, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean checking flood damage from the air, and the results are worse than expected. "This situation will require a very large recovery process. Security of some infrastructure needs to be questioned," Dean told a newspaper in Tennessee. (BBC / AST / Job)