CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As Clarksville residents recover from last month's flooding, some fear high river levels that are expected to continue rising throughout the weekend.
Harold Dennis moved into his home, which sits across from Swan Lake Golf Course, about a year ago. Since then, he's been greeted by too-close-for-comfort floodwaters three times.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration believes the Red River could reach 45.1 feet on Sunday. That's just 4.4 feet shy of the record height and 4.38 feet away from levels reached during the 2010 flood.
“It's become second nature — you just pay attention to the water. Then, as you can see here, we've gotten some sandbags just in case it got too bad this time around," Dennis said, gesturing to nearby sandbags. "Unfortunately, it's become just part of living here on Dunbar Cave Road."
Those in the Dunbar Cave area worry the cave itself could fill with flood waters once again. State archeologists are still working to determine if 800-year-old cave art was damaged during flooding roughly 40 days ago.
Dennis urged drivers to head the warning of barriers set up, as he’s previously seen cars get swept up by flood waters.
“It'd be nice if Mother Nature would give us a little bit of reprieve," Dennis said. "We need the rain, but in smaller increments.”
So far, the Clarksville Street Department has distributed about 5,000 bags of sand. You can still request sandbags by calling 931-645-7464 and following the prompt.
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