we may see a few more showers and thunderstorms in the metro memphis area where they ve had anywhere from 6 to ten inches of rain this weekend. the real story right now, it s central tennessee, east of jackson, especially the metro nashville area. already their second wettest day yesterday. they ve had another 6 inches of rain overnight and that city is getting pummeled this morning by rain and thunderstorms and a tornado watch until noon. so a lot of action in central b tennessee and into parts of kentucky at this hour. tomorrow, tennessee dries out and the threat for heavy rain moves into the southeast, alabama, georgia, south carolina. for now just a few light showers across metro memphis. back to you. okay, mike seidel. thanks so much for that. the cleanup continues for the residents in scotland, arkansas, where a tornado ripped through that area on friday. the twister damaged several homes, reducing some of them to piles of rubble, including a 200-year-old house. at least one
and he ll also take a look at japan s high speed rail system to see if a similar system would work in the u.s. a magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattles cuba near guantanamo bay. no damages or injuries have been reported, but many people have left their homes in fear. former congressman and interior secretary stuart udahl has died, considered one of the first modern environmentalists helping to expand public land in the kennedy administration and the father of democratic senator of tom udahl in new mexico and mark udall of colorado. and he died surrounded by family members in santa fe, 90 years old. it was michigan meet out day yesterday, but didn t stop the meat lovers gathering near the state capitol building. eat meat m-e-a-t. they are enthusiastic.
overspilled its banks and that s causing the concerns. great news that the river is only cresting around 37 feet. however, it s going to stay above it, major flood stage for much of the coming week and that s a lot of pressure for a very long time on some of the levees, they re not out of the woods. he do want to show awe couple of things and take a look at the weather maps and show you exactly where it s expect today crest today right at about 37 feet and the record was last year where it got to 40 feet and it s not as bad and dealing with major flooding like this two years in a row is certainly very, very wearing on the residents here, a couple other stories going on weather wise in the country. yesterday, the first day of spring and a major snowy day down across areas of the south. take a little bit after look out of oklahoma where roads were disastrous and numerous accidents reported and blizzard-like conditions because it was blowing so strongly causing all kinds of problems on t