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Deadly flooding in Tennessee and Mississippi

At least 29 people were killed in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky by either floodwaters or tornadoes that brought heavy flooding to the region.

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Image: Massive Storms Wreak Havoc On Nashville

FRANKLIN, TN - MAY 06: Contractor Jimmy Johnson, right, pulls insulation from a flooded home on May 6, 2010 in Franklin, Tennessee. Massive rainstorms caused 10 deaths and the Cumberland River to flood its banks, rising to its highest level in over 70 years. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
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Tammy Awali, right, hugs her mother Patti Hollingsworth as her granddaughter Aaliyah Muller, 6, watches Thursday, May 6, 2010 in Nashville. Volunteers helped salvage some of the personal items out of the home, which was filled with water. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, John Partipilo)
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FRANKLIN, TN - MAY 06: Vinyl records and CD's lay out to dry outside a flooded home in the Cottonwood community on May 6, 2010 in Franklin, Tennessee. Massive rainstorms caused 10 deaths and the Cumberland River to flood its banks, rising to its highest level in over 70 years. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
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FRANKLIN, TN - MAY 06: The high water flood mark is shown with dry mud on bushes behind a ten foot high basketball rim at a park on May 6, 2010 in Franklin, Tennessee. Massive rainstorms caused 10 deaths and the Cumberland River to flood its banks, rising to its highest level in over 70 years. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
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Doug Jones loads salvaged belongings onto a U-Hall truck as he helps a friend move, Thursday, May 6, 2010, in Bellevue,Tenn. Flood waters from Harpeth Rvier raced through the community during last weekends storms destroying homes. (AP Photo/ M. Spencer Green)
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Road crews survey the damage to Tucker Road Thursday, May 6, 2010, in north Nashville, Tenn. Flood waters from White's Creek raced through the neighborhood during last weekends storms, destroying roads and dozens of homes. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Willie Mae Strickland hangs her head as she takes stock of her flood ravaged belongings, Thursday, May 6, 2010, in north Nashville, Tenn. Strickland is certain that all of her clothing will have to be thrown out. (AP Photo/ M. Spencer Green)
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NASHVILLE, TN - MAY 05: Thousands of dollars worth of country western boots, hats and clothing lay soaked from flood water at Nashville Cowboy on Second Avenue on May 5, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. Massive rainstorms caused 10 deaths and the Cumberland River to rise to highest level in over 70 years, flooding its banks. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
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NASHVILLE, TN - MAY 05: A North Nashville house sits in the middle of the street after being washed from its foundation by a flood in on May 5, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. Massive rainstorms caused the Cumberland River to rise to highest level in over 70 years, flooding its banks and causing 10 deaths. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
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Catherine Lackey talks on the phone as she rests against a deck that ended up in the front yard of the flood-damaged home of her sister and brother-in-law in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The deck was originally attached to a home across the street. After a weekend of record rains and the resulting floods, residents are starting the recovery process. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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epa02143346 Flood waters from the Cumberland River is pumped from a building close to the river front as businesses begin to clean up in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, USA on 04 May 2010. Water is beginning to recede after the area was swamped after more than 13 inches of rain. At least 14 people have died in Tennessee, six in metro Nashville, during the storms. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
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Carrie Johnson cleans photographs salvaged from the flood-damaged home of her friend, Clare Baker, on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. After a weekend of record rains and the resulting floods, residents are starting the recovery process. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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A sign in River Front Park becomes visible once again as the waters of the Cumberland River slowly started to ebb across from LP Field, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. The river and its tributaries had flooded parts of middle Tennessee after a record-breaking weekend storm dumped more than a foot of rain in two days, rapidly spilling water into homes, roads and some of Music City's best-known attractions. (AP Photo/(M. Spencer Green)
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Clare Baker, right, hugs her friend, Melinda Murphy, as Murphy leaves after helping Baker salvage items from Baker's flood-damaged home on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. After a weekend of record rains and the resulting floods, residents are starting the recovery process. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Airplanes are seen partially submerged in floodwater at the Cornelia Fort Airpark Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Heavy weekend rain caused the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to over flow its banks flooding part of downtown and other areas around the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Image:Freight containers are under water Tuesday, May 4, 2010 near Nashville

Freight containers are under water Tuesday, May 4, 2010 near Nashville, Tenn. Rescuers feared even more bodies would emerge as muddy flood waters remain from torrential weekend rains that swamped Nashville, much of Tennessee and two neighboring states, leaving at least 29 dead. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)
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NASHVILLE - MAY 3: Workers clear debris and attempt to save client records at an insurance office May 3, 2010 in south Nashville, Tennessee. Homeowners and businesses began to clean up after more than 13 inches of rain fell over two days over Nashville, more than doubling the previous record of 6.68 inches and leaving at least seven dead and thousands displaced. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)
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Debris including cars are piled on top of each other after flooding on Antioch Pike near Nashville, Tenn. on Monday, May 3, 2010. The road is still closed to the public. The Cumberland River continues to rise at Nashville, but is nearing its crest. Floodwater has spilled onto a couple of downtown streets near the riverfront and restaurants and bars in the tourist district are closed. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Shelley Mays)
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People look at the flood waters on the grounds of the Grand Ole Opry House on Monday, May 3, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. After heavy weekend rains and flooding, officials in Tennessee are preparing for the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to crest more than 11 feet Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Gabe Owings, left, and T.J. Holmes remove a flood-damaged couch from a home in Millington, Tenn., Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey)
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People walk to waiting cars after they were brought across flood waters by boat from the Somerset Farms subdivision on Sunday, May 2, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Flooding cut off access to Somerset Farms and residents were evacuated. Severe storms dumped heavy rain on Tennessee for the second straight day. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Ira Godsy, who lives in the Knights Motel in East Nashville, wades out to his car, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Most of the cars were underwater due to storms that brought heavy flooding and tornados to the region over the weekend. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, John Partipilo)
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Donald Sweat and Sarah Tippett take photos of the railroad bridge that was washed off its foundations when floodwaters swelled the creek that leads to the Lebanon square, Lebanon, Tenn, Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack)
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Ray Brandon gets some possessions out of the Knights motel in East Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Heavy storms brought flooding and tornados to the region over the weekend. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, John Partipilo)
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Neighbors carry Janie Cramen to an ambulance after she was rescued by boat from her West Nashville home on Sunday May 2, 2010. Cramen is on oxygen. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Shelley Mays)
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A car is covered with debris as it and 20 cars and tractor trailers wait to be cleared from I-24 eastbound toward Murfreesboro, Tenn. The wooden structure to the left is the porch of the building that floated down I-24 according to TDOT workers on the scene. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Tom Stanford)
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Greg Lebel tries to divert water into a flood drain so it wouldn't flood his yard on Riverside Dr in East Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, John Partipilo)
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A semi truck tries to drive past the flood waters on Interstate 24 in Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. Heavy rains pounded Tennessee, causing widespread flooding across the state. A spokesman for the Nashville Fire Department, said one person drowned in flood waters on Interstate 24 south of Nashville. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack)
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May 01, 2010 - Millington, TN, U.S. - Sat, 01 May 10 (asmillflood1) Photo by Alan Spearman. Raymond Alexander, in black, wades throught the water to assist others who were stranded Saturday afternoon as Allen Waits (in the left boat) and others help rescue people stranded in houses along West Navy Circle in Millington. (Credit Image: © The Commercial Appeal/ZUMApress.com)
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