Final Victim Found in Tennessee Flooding Disaster Search

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee talks with people in a shelter set up for flood victims in First Baptist Church, in Waverly, Tenn., on Aug. 25, 2021. Mark Humphrey/AP Photo

WAVERLY, Tenn.—The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee was recovered on Wednesday, prompting the search for victims to be suspended as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the area.

Saturday’s flooding took out houses, roads, cellphone towers, and telephone lines, with rainfall that more than tripled forecasts and shattered the state record for one-day rainfall. More than 270 homes were destroyed and 160 took major damage, according to the Humphreys County Emergency Management Agency.