Police: 6 killed in flooding in Nashville bring storm-related Tenn. death toll to 12

Police: 6 killed in flooding in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say at least one more person has been killed in flooding in Nashville.

During a news conference late Monday morning, Police Chief Ronal Serpas said six people were killed in weekend flooding in the city.

Reports indicated the latest victim was an elderly man found in the yard at his home.

The added death brings to 12 the number of known deaths associated with the storms and resulting flooding across the state. Most of the deaths were presumed drownings, but one came from a tornado in the western part of the state.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Officials in Kentucky have confirmed a third storm-related death.

Allen County Emergency Management Director Gary Petty said Monday that searchers found the body of a man whose truck ran off the road Sunday into a flooded creek. Petty says the man’s body was found about a mile away from where he went off the road.

Kentucky officials say two other deaths over the weekend in Barren and Madison counties in central Kentucky were weather-related, and at least 300 roads are blocked by water in the state.

The weekend’s storms also killed 17 others in Tennessee and Mississippi.