Residents still displaced after flooding
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Police say more than 150 people evacuated Sunday from a Memphis neighborhood due to high water from heavy rains are still displaced.
About 160 residents who lived in the Whitehaven neighborhood were sent to a temporary shelter at Hickory Hill Community Center after some areas of the city and Shelby County got nearly 6 inches of rain within six hours. City officials say storm drains couldn’t handle that much water in such a short time, which led to flash flooding and evacuations.
Although the water had mostly receded by Monday, The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1sUs5JV) reports Memphis code enforcement said residents shouldn’t return immediately after doing an initial damage assessment.
More rain is expected on Wednesday.
