we ve lost more people in this event than we did in the train explosion in 1978, but we ve seen the community come together. cnn s nick valencia joins me from a reunification center. nick, what have you seen on the ground there? reporter: well, this storm is called catastrophic, devastating event. we saw glimpses of that as we try to work our way into the hardest hit area. there were washed out roads and a bridge washed out on our way there which is why we couldn t get to the center. we got to a reunification center where we joined christi brown. she s part of the department of education helping with donations. you lived through this this weekend, tell us what it was like. terrifying. devastating. many of our close friends and family, students have been impacted. they lost everything. many have lost their lives. we re still looking for a lot of
full approval to pfizer s vaccine this week. do you think this decision will make more americans willing to get vaccinated? this may tip them over towards getting vaccinated. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday evening. we re following breaking news out of tennessee. 21 are dead and another 20 missing after staggering amounts of rain unleash catastrophic flash floods. people in humphries county 60 miles west of nashville say the flood waters struck almost without warning. some compared it to a title wave that swallowed victims and swept them away. the waiverly police and fire chief reflecting tonight on how hard this has been for the close knit community. we experienced devastating loss of life over the last couple of days.