Dozens still missing after floods surge through Tennessee

Vehicles come to rest in a stream Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Waverly, Tenn. Heavy rains caused flooding Saturday in Middle Tennessee and have resulted in multiple deaths as homes and rural roads were washed away. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Search crews are working through shattered homes and tangled debris looking for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwater surging through mid Tennessee, killing at least 22 people.

Saturday’s flooding took out roads, mobile phone towers and telephone lines, leaving people uncertain about whether family and friends survived the unprecedented deluge as rainfall more than tripled what forecasters had expected.