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  • Tenn. Officials brace for more flooding, deaths

    CHRIS TALBOTT SHEILA BURKE Associated Press Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.

    Officials in Nashville braced for more deaths today as the flooded Cumberland River continued to swell, sending muddy water rushing through neighborhoods and threatening the historic heart of Music City after a destructive line of weekend storms killed 21 people in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. Using motor boats and canoes, authorities and volunteers rescued scores of residents trapped in flooded homes, some which looked like islands surround by dark river water. The downtown — home of a historic warehouse district t...