Nashville floods News

Nashville to Put $100M Flood Protection Plan in Place

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has unveiled a $100 million flood protection plan for Music City that includes a 2,100-foot-long flood wall located on the city’s downtown riverfront. “I look at this downtown flood protection system as an insurance policy,” Dean …

Suits Against Army Corps Over Nashville Floods Dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for flood damage in 2010 to the Grand Ole Opry, Gibson Guitar and other Nashville-area businesses. The companies claimed corps officials acted …

Tennessee Senate Hopeful Sues Government Over Nashville Flood Damage

A state Senate candidate is suing the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Weather Service over damage to his home during the 2010 Nashville flood. Phillip North’s suit claims that the two federal agencies were negligent. He seeks $360,000 …

Gaylord Hotels Suing Government Over 2010 Nashville Floods

Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House during flooding in 2010. …

Tennessee’s Opry Mills to Reopen; Suit Against Flood Insurers Goes On

Nearly one year after a historic flood ravaged Nashville and submerged the popular Opry Mill shopping mall, the mall said it will reopen in 2012. This will happen despite the fact the property owner, Simon Property, is still in court …