Immigrant Community Struggles After Nashville Flood

Immigrant advocates in Nashville are worried about some neighborhoods recovering from the flood. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows visited a working class area off of Murfreesboro Road where most residents don’t speak English well and are unsure where to turn after floodwaters forced them out of their homes.

Besides the lives and homes lost in last weekend’s floods across the state, Nashville is taking stock of its musical heritage. From cherished institutions to vintage instruments, the damage has been widespread. WPLN’s Craig Havighurst reports.

When floodwaters surged across the state over the weekend, Hickman County was effectively cut off from the rest of Middle Tennessee for several days. Officials there still aren’t certain they’ve accounted for everyone. The storm washed away bridges, power and water lines. Most of the 20 thousand people in the county are now getting their water of a bottle. WPLN’s Daniel Potter traveled to the area about 50 miles southwest of Nashville, and has this story.

Metro water officials will start offering non-potable water for some clean up. The water can’t be used for drinking or household cleaning. It’s meant for washing away debris in neighborhoods, streets, and sidewalks. It can also be used for watering nursery plants.

Dickson, Maury, Sumner and Rutherford are among six counties that have been added to the growing list of federal disaster areas in Tennessee.

Immigrant advocates in Nashville are worried about some neighborhoods recovering from the flood. Residents in working class areas off of Murfreesboro Road don’t speak English well and are unsure where to turn after floodwaters forced them out of their homes.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management agency was back in Tennessee for the second time this week assessing the flood disaster.

Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander wants to put the Army Corps of Engineers under a microscope for its management of dams upstream from Nashville this week. Thursday he called for a hearing about water releases from Old Hickory and Percy Priest Lakes.

Initial assessments of flood damage in Davidson County are almost done, but there’s still much more work to be done before the disaster’s full extent can be known.

Lawmakers say a long-delayed state budget proposal – a counter to what the governor has recommended – will emerge next week.