T. W. Hale helps his friends vacuum water out of the Pilcher Building in downtown Nashville, Tenn. as flood waters continue to rise on Monday May 3, 2010. 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, John Partipilo)
- T. W. Hale helps his friends vacuum water out of the Pilcher Building in downtown Nashville, Tenn. as flood waters continue to rise on Monday May 3, 2010. 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, John Partipilo)
- Businesses in downtown Nashville, Tenn., are surrounded by floodwater Monday, May 3, 2010. 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)
- Ryan Clark, a student at Tennessee State University, helps others near Vanderbilt campus in Nashville, Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Shelley Mays)
- The rising floodwaters fill downtown Nashville on Monday May 3, 2010. 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, John Partipilo)
- Floodwater from the Cumberland River creeps into downtown Nashville, Tenn., Monday, May 3, 2010. Heavy weekend rain caused the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to overflow its banks flooding part of downtown and other areas around the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
- 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)
- Truck cabs poke out of flood waters Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Floodwaters are starting to ebb Tuesday after heavy weekend rain caused the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to overflow its banks, flooding part of downtown and other areas around the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
- A Nashville Fire Department boat patrols the Cumberland River Tuesday, May 4, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. Rescuers feared even more bodies would emerge as muddy flood waters ebb from torrential weekend rains that swamped Nashville, much of Tennessee and two neighboring states, leaving at least 29 dead. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
- Businesses stand in flood water from the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, May 3, 2010. After heavy weekend rains and flooding, officials in Tennessee are preparing for the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to crest Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
- Tonya Barber cleans a classroom at Lighthouse Christian School which was underwater during a flood in Antioch, Tenn. on Monday, May 3, 2010. 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)
- People are brought across flood waters 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)
- Kelly Espinoza, center, is helped to a waiting car after she and her family, including daughter Shelby Bradford, 9, right, 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)
- A truck passes by a flooded car as flood waters cover Interstate 24 near the Antioch Pike overpass in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 1, 2010. 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)
- The Opryland Hotel stands in floodwaters one story deep in Nashville, TN on Monday. The Cumberland River crested Monday, submerging parts of Nashville's historic downtown. Mark Humphrey/AP
- The Grand Ole Opry House, the multi-leveled building on the lower right, is surrounded by floodwaters in Nashville on Monday. Behind the Opry House is the Opry Mills shopping complex. Mark Humphrey/AP
- The Lower Broad district of Nashville sits underwater. Mark Humphrey/AP
- Residential neighborhoods in Nashville were also flooded as the Cumberland River crested. Thousands of people evacuated their homes and many were rescued, but the fire chief suspected they would find more victims in the flooded areas. Mark Humphrey/AP
- This mobile home was lifted by floodwaters. The severity of the storms, which dumped more than 13 inches of rain on Saturday and Sunday, caught everyone in the area off guard. Mark Humphrey/AP
- This residential area in nearby Franklin, TN saw many homes flooded after the torrential rains. This is in the Cottonwood subdivision. Sunday, May 2, 2010. Photo courtesy of Frank and Peggy Poag
- A flooded home in the Cottonwood subdivision of Franklin, TN, May 2, 2010. The owners couldn't reach the home to check on belongings until the waters receded on Monday. Photo courtesy of Frank and Peggy Poag
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