During May 2010, downpours in Kentucky and Tennessee caused flash flooding in Western and Middle Tennessee from the Cumberland River and its tributaries. Much of downtown Nashville was submerged in water and the greater Nashville area suffered more than $2 billion in property damages.Twenty-six people in Kentucky and Tennessee died, 11 of which were in the Nashville area.

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Flood waters cover parts of downtown Nashville, Tenn., after the Cumberland River overflowed its bank from record rainfall May 4, 2010. Severe storms and flash floods left more than a dozen people dead in Tennessee and Kentucky over the weekend as rising river waters closed portions of interstate highways leading in and out of Nashville.