(8 Apr 2025)
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Dyersburg, Tennessee – 07 April 2025
1. Man walking in flood waters with belongings
2. Wide of houses flooded
3. Wide of woman with flooded yard standing beside her car
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathy Ditto, Dyersburg resident:
"I’m just scared. I got two dogs in there. I am not leaving without them. I get real emotional. Now with this floodwater. Starting all over, think about starting all over. I don’t want to do that, but I don’t think it’s going to get in the house. It’s still scary."
5. Wide of flooded property
6. Street sign that reads “City of Dyersburg Sewer Manhole”
7. Residents coming out of a house in a flooded yard
8. Man walking in flood waters with belongings
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Glass, Dyersburg resident:
“It’s been a really stressful time. I woke up this morning, the waters came up dramatically. I had to make a choice whether to stay or get out of here and they cut the water off, so this kind of leaves me no choice but to seek other shelter.”
10. Wide of house surrounded by floodwaters
11. Statue is standing in a flooded courtyard
12. Woman walking in a floodwaters with her belongings
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Glass, Dyersburg resident:
“This house is kind of like a family heirloom. We got it from my father-in-law when he passed several years back. We’ve been living here for about 20, 25 years. This is the second time we have gone through this flood.”
14. Man walking in floodwaters with shoes in his arms
15. Woman and man walking in floodwaters
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Glass, Dyersburg resident:
“I’m hoping that the water goes down pretty fast. I really do. That way I can get back into my house, because I don’t like it. I feel like I’m leaving my house vulnerable.”
17. Woman standing in a backyard
18. Pictures, clocks and clothes hanging on the wall inside a house
19. Woman sitting on sofa with dog on her lap
SOUNDBITE (English) Kathy Ditto, Dyersburg resident:
“This is my life. I mean, my kids, my grandkids, and everybody comes over, you know. I don’t want to leave, but I got to. I didn’t leave before.”
20. Plastic bags full of clothes in a trunk of a car
21. Woman putting a suitcase in a car
STORYLINE:
The fallout from last week’s severe weather continues to haunt communities across the U.S. southeast.
In Dyersburg, Tennessee, several families were forced to evacuate midday on Monday after floodwaters swept into the south side of town.
"It’s been a really stressful time," said Michael Glass, who has lived in a family home in the neighbourhood for more than 20 years. "I had to decide whether to stay or get out. And they turned off the water, so I kind of have no choice but to find other shelter."
Glass says he and his wife and three children will be staying at a hotel for now.
Although her house has not been affected, with only water in the yard, Kathy Ditto says she feels the urge to move to her sister’s house. All she is taking with her are her two dogs, some clothes and toiletries. She says she fears for her house if the water continues to rise. "This is my life. I mean, my kids, my grandkids, and everybody comes over, you know," Ditto says.
Dyersburg was hit by a tornado last Wednesday, causing $2 million in damage, according to Mayor John Holden.
Monday’s floodwaters were so high that authorities had to use boats to rescue some residents from their homes. They are being temporarily housed in a storm shelter.
AP video by Obed Lamy
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