Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment are clearing their way through trees matted with vegetation, garbage and debris from homes as searchers scour a creek for more flooding victims in rural TennesseeWAVERLY, Tenn. -- Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment cleared their way through trees densely matted with vegetation, garbage and building debris Tuesday as searchers scoured a normally shallow creek for more flooding victims in rural Tennessee. It’s difficult to know how far the bodies might have been carried, but one car was found about a half-mile from where it had been parked, Humphreys County Chief Deputy Rob Edwards said. The Humphreys County Emergency Management Agency said in a news release that more than 270 homes had been destroyed and 160 have major damage. “Some are just gone — off the foundation — twisted, turned," Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at the news conference. Waverly Elementary and Waverly Junior High had extensive damage, according to Kristi Brown, coordinated health and safety supervisor with Humphreys County Schools.

Source: ABC News August 24, 2021 14:43 UTC