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Heavy Rains Cause Wide Floods in South and Tennessee Valley
The Associated Press reports heavy rain caused rivers to overflow across the South with four deaths and hundreds displaced. Evacuations occurred in West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama as floods worsened. TVA officials warn the Chattanooga area could reach a 100 year flood level near 38 feet while Mayor Robert Kirk Walker calls it a flood of staggering proportions.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Brainerd
Chattanooga
Marion County National Guard
Bill Waller
Vicksburg
Greenwood
Lee Shepard
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
TVA
Chatere
Robert Kirk Walker