hello everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredicka whitfield. we begin with breaking news. dangerous flooding in the nashville area that has killed four people and left dozens more in need of rescue. some homes were damaged as rivers and creeks overflowed their banks after record rainfall. nashville s fire department says it has helped rescue at least 130 people so far. cnn s martin savage joining me live from nashville with more on this. what have you been seeing, martin? reporter: fred, it s been a very long night for the swift water rescue teams that had been working in a lot of neighborhoods. this neighborhood is located to the south of nashville. flash flooding is some of the most treacherous. the water very powerful. this shed came from someone s back yard and has deposited here in the road. this whole area was under water at some point, roughly maybe three feet of water or more ended up in people s homes. most of the homes here are single story. you can see more
fortunately and unfortunately they have past experience. lessons from the 2010 flood did help us prepare for an improved flood response. now these include well trained, swift water rescue teams and improved realtime information sharing between metro departments. reporter: cnn s martin savidge joining me now live from nashville. martin, what s the situation? reporter: fred, i actually covered the 2010 flood, and, in fact, there are residents in the fields neighborhood where we are here that were impacted by that flood but say this one for them was worse. a lot of that has to do with the topography and where you happen to be when it rains. this is seven mile creek. the residents say normally this would be unyou could easily walk across. you cannot do that now. you can see that this creek is really more a waterway that is raging. and that s the point to point out, that was what the water looked like passing through this neighborhood. that s what flash flooding does. it s w