Article 5NNN1 ‘It’s just unbelievable’: Tennessee surveys wreckage after floods kill 22

‘It’s just unbelievable’: Tennessee surveys wreckage after floods kill 22

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Ed Pilkington in New York
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Succession of thunderstorms deposited record-breaking 17in of rain in some parts of state

Tennesseans were surveying the mangled wreckage of towns and communities across the middle of the state on Monday, after a record-breaking deluge caused flash flooding that swept away houses, shattered lives and left at least 22 people dead and many more missing.

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