Severe Rainfall Leads to Catastrophic Flooding in Southeast

May 5: A man rolls a wheelbarrow into a flood-damaged home, in Nashville, Tenn. Cleanup continues after 13 inches of rain fell over the weekend in the area causing flash flooding. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

May 4: Clare Baker, right, hugs her friend, Melinda Murphy, as Murphy leaves after helping Baker salvage items from Baker's flood-damaged home in Nashville, Tenn. After a weekend of record rains and the resulting floods, residents are starting the recovery process. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

May 5: Family photos caked in mud sit on a wet couch outside a flood-damaged home, in Nashville, Tenn. Cleanup continues after 13 inches of rain fell over the weekend, causing flash flooding. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

May 5: Jim Bumbalough works to gut a friend's flood-damaged home, in Nashville, Tenn. Cleanup continues after 13 inches of rain fell over the weekend, causing flash flooding in the area. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

May 4: The sun shines over floodwater from the Cumberland River still covering a street in Nashville, Tenn. The river began to recede Tuesday after being swollen by heavy rain and the flooding creeks that feed into it. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

May 4: The parking lot of the OpryMills Mall is flooded in Nashville, Tenn. Heavy weekend rain caused the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to over flow its banks flooding part of downtown and other areas around the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Tennessee resident David Sesler carries his guitars through floodwater after recovering them from his flooded home using his houseboat (AP).

The death toll is at 28 across three states, but hope is slim that number will stand as recovery begins in earnest following record rains that pushed the river's muddy waters into Music City's historic downtown (AP).

Businesses in downtown Nashville, Tenn. , are surrounded by floodwater. Heavy weekend rain caused the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to over flow its banks flooding part of downtown and other areas around the city (AP).

A semi truck tries to drive past the flood waters on Interstate 24 in Nashville, Tenn. Heavy rains pounded the region, causing widespread flooding across Tennessee and parts of Kentucky (AP).

A woman stands on top of a submerged car as a man takes her picture after flood waters have consumed areas in Tennessee and Kentucky (AP).

Some venues and sites that have been damaged by the floodwaters include the Country Music Hall of Fame, LP Field where the Tennessee Titans play and the Bridgestone Arena, home to the NHL's Nashville Predators and one of the city's main concert venues (AP).

May 1: A vehicle drives through standing water on a flooded street in Nashville, Tenn. Widespread flooding is being reported in Tennessee as heavy rains continue to pound the state. Tennessee Emergency Management spokesman Jeremy Heidt said some areas of the state had received up to 10 inches of rain and more was expected. (AP)

May 3: People look at the flood waters on the grounds of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. After heavy weekend rains and flooding, officials in Tennessee are preparing for the Cumberland River, which winds through Nashville, to rise more than 11 feet. (AP)

May 3: Rising floodwaters fill downtown Nashville. Floodwater has spilled onto a couple of downtown streets near the riverfront and restaurants and bars in the tourist district are closed. (AP)

May 3: Opryland worker Jason Bowlin sits in a boat in the flooded parking lot of the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. (AP)

May 2: Chris Avery, of Bowling Green, Ky., watches as water rises around his mobile home. Members of the Warren County, Ky. Rescue Squad went from trailer to trailer to check on the residents as flooding continued in the park. (AP)

May 2: Kelly Espinoza is helped to a waiting car after she and her family, including daughter Shelby Bradford, 9, were brought across flood waters by boat from the Somerset Farms subdivision in Nashville, Tenn. Flooding cut off access to Somerset Farms and residents were evacuated. (AP)

May 2: Warren County Rescue Department Chief Andy Tucker, right, and rescue member Jason Pugh wade through high water to pull out a truck that got stuck in the water in Bowling Green, Ky. South Central Kentucky received nearly 10 inches of rain in two days. (AP)

May 2: Brittany Craft, of Bowling Green, Ky., fights back tears as she leaves her flooded first floor apartment. Friend Chris Westray helps the Craft family during the evacuation. (AP)

May 3: Phil Martin walks on First Ave. in downtown Nashville, Tenn. as flood waters continue to rise. The Cumberland River continues to rise in Nashville, but is nearing its crest. (AP)

May 3: Tourist Robert Evan looks out onto a street in downtown Nashville, Tenn. as flood waters continue to rise. (AP)

May 3: T. W. Hale helps his friends vacuum water out of the Pilcher Building in downtown Nashville, Tenn. (AP)

May 3: Pilcher owner Mac McDonald carries a bucket of water out of the flooded building in downtown Nashville, Tenn. (AP)