Catanoja, Tin. – An official said on Wednesday that the mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on her car during the heavy rains and floods in Tennessee.
Amy Maxwell, a spokesman for the Emergency Management, said that the three were killed when the saturated land caused a large tree in the Catanoja suburb in East Ridge after midnight.
Maxwell said that the research was also continuing on Wednesday for a man who walked through a road flooding in Catanouga on Tuesday evening, but has not been seen since then.
The full range of damage is not yet known. Maxwell said the provincial officials planned to take a damage on Wednesday morning.
The floods pushed to save the people who stuck to the sunken homes and vehicles on Tuesday, and the area was preparing for more rains and floods on Wednesday. The mayor of Hamilton Province, Weston and Imbe, announced a local emergency in a state of local emergency on Tuesday night. Residents have been urged to be very careful.
The National Weather Service has released the watch of most of the middle Tennessee until Wednesday night, with a warning of flash floods scattered with heavy rains similar to tropical and the ability to train storms, especially on the already saturated areas.
Fire Administration officials said the Catanoja firefighting crew saved people trapped in vehicles and residents stuck in their homes. Floods closed parts of the 24th Highway in the area, but were reopened as soon as the flood water declined.
SwiftWateer rescue teams saved the residents of three East Ridge homes due to the high flood water, according to the Hamilton Sharif County Office. Sherif Austin Garrett said the flood was more comprehensive than before, noting that it is usually concentrated in one area, Chattanooga Times Free Press I mentioned.
“This is very widespread. We have made it difficult for us to get here to try to help others,” he said. “No, I have not seen it before, so far, this is widespread in many areas and affects travel as it is.”