MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- Six people were killed in Tennessee and three in Mississippi by a line of storm that brought heavy flooding and possible tornados to the region over the weekend.
More rain and storms loomed Sunday as emergency officials in Tennessee sought help from the state's Army National Guard, and urged people to stay off roads and interstate highways turned into raging rivers.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency on Sunday morning asked for the state's National Guard to help with rescue operations and Gov. Phil Bredesen was getting hourly updates on the storm.
TEMA spokesman Jeremy Heidt confirmed that one person died around 4 a.m. Sunday in a possible tornado near Pocahontas, east of Memphis. No further details were available.
Meanwhile, National Guard and Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopters with hoisting capabilities were on standby to rescue people from the floodwaters that covered city streets and left cars stranded on interstate highways turned into rivers.
In northern Mississippi, officials reported three people died when possible tornadoes hit early Sunday.
A line of strong thunderstorms Saturday dumped at least 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain on Memphis and produced tornadoes and hail along the Mississippi River Valley in Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and northward. - FOX News Story
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