Nashville Flooding, May 7: Taylor Swift Donates, Clean-Up Photos

The Situation in Tennessee is Slowly Improving, But Clean-Up Has Just Started and One More Person Has Reported to Have Died

Terrance Williams, 32, has been confirmed to be the 20th person in Tennessee to die from flood related deaths and the 31st person to die overall after severe storms swept through the region last week. Mr. Williams was last heard from when he called a friend on Saturday saying he had to abandon his car due to the rising flood waters, and he had not been heard from since.

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Taylor Swift Donates $500,000 to Flood Victims

Country Music star Taylor Swift, who has a home in Nashville Tennessee has donated $500,000 to help the victims of the floods after seeing how much damage the storms caused. She said that she could not believe what was happening to her home and its residents.

Ke$ha, who is a native of Nashville, has also announced that she will hold a flood benefit concert on June 16 in Nashville at Limelight.

Nashville Mayor Says Damage Estimate Increased

Karl Dean, the Mayor of Nashville has announced that the damage to clean up the city has now reached $1.5 billion and that number could go up still.

So far, about 4,000 people have volunteered to help in the clean-up, but people are still needed to help residents put their lives back together and get out of the shelters.

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