Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a major hub for the health care, music, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities.

Nashville has a consolidated city-county government which includes seven smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The population of Nashville-Davidson County stood at 626,144 as of 2008, according to United States Census Bureau estimates. This makes it the second most populous city in the state after Memphis. However, the 2009 population of the entire 13-county Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,582,264, making it the largest metropolitan area in the state. The 2009 population of the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Columbia combined statistical area was estimated at 1,666,566

The rains and storms continued to create havoc on Sunday too with the Nashville weather showing no sign of improvement. Dean of Nashville region has advised everyone to stay inside their homes as the conditions outside were unmanageable. Around 50 water rescues were conducted on Saturday in the Nashville flood affected region.

The rescue team was helping shed off water around the cars to get the trapped out of the Nashville flood. Power lines and trees were down all around the place creating havoc for the citizens. Interstate 24 had to be completely closed off due to the Nashville flood. It will be some time before the Nashville have some respite from this torrid Nashville weather.

Six people were killed in Tennessee and three in Mississippi by a line of storms that brought heavy flooding and possible tornados to the region over the weekend.

Some areas of Tennessee had already received more than a foot of rain, a broad area of the state was expected to get 10 inches and radar indicated an area west of Nashville could be deluged by as much as 21 inches, The Weather Channel reported.

Many rivers are already over their banks, and there is the potential for record flooding, The Weather Channel said.







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