Waverly: Authorities have revised the death toll confirmed from the flood in the Tennessee countryside during the weekend to 18 people from as high as 22, by saying miscalculated is an honest mistake.
Police Chief Waverly Grant Gillespie said at the press conference on Tuesday that the problem was that some people were in the emergency room and died because natural causes added to the count.
Gillespie said the victims of John and Jane Doe twice did not cross the list once they were identified.
“The authorities slow down the process and have detectives follow up on each case and confirm the numbers.
Total now line up with what has been counted by the state,” he said.
“ Only an honest error, and I hope everyone understands that, “Gillespie added.
“ It still loses an extraordinary life.
I hope that the amount doesn’t grow.
“Three people are still in the list of missing people who think they see in the water, he said.
Waverly City saw most deaths and destruction of Saturday floods.
Deputy Head of Humphreys Regency Rob Edwards said the search team began from Waverly and moved slowly downstream.
Less than 10 people remain countless for Tuesday.
It’s hard to know how far the bodies are done, but one car was found about half a mile from the parked place.
Deputy and Police Sheriff assisted by crew from institutions throughout the state, he said.
The team had a corpse dog at that time if they suspected the body might be nearby.
With heat in mid 80 degrees f and rising, it was not difficult to detect foul odors, said Edwards, even though the crew also found animals.
Floods issued roads, cellphones, and telephone lines, leaving uncertain people about whether family and friends survived the unprecedented floods, with rainfall more than three times and destroyed a record of one country’s day.
It also left a large plot of the community suddenly flee, leaving a lot to sort out a difficult decision about what happened next.
The Gofundme page sought assistance for funeral fees for dead people, including seven-month twins swept away from their father’s arms when they tried to escape.
Matthew Rigney and Danielle Hall explained to the wtvf-tv how water began to get angry through their apartment where they were protected with their four children.
“ I have twins in my arm, I have (19 months) Brayla on my hips and I have (five years old) Maleah wrapped my neck, “said Reary to the news station, his voice trembled behind the tears.” The water, when hitting We, it just pulled us down, we were all and we were stuck under the bed.
“Hall said he tried to climb the window to go to the nearest shop and end up having to get a tree for his life.
Two other children survived.
A neighbor helps Rigney And the two children went to the roof.
Hall was finally saved from a tree by boat.
Meanwhile, the state received approval from President Joe Biden for a large disaster declaration, which freed federal assistance to help recovery efforts at Humphreys County, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday .
After walking around the area on Sunday, the Governor of Tennessee Bill Lee called it “ Pictures of losses and awesome hearts “.