Grand Ole Opry Flood-One of the most important USA’s musical landmarks has been badly hit by flooding after extreme weather assailed parts of Tennessee over the weekend.

The Nashville area received a record breaking 13 inches of rain in 2 two days over the weekend. The previous record was almost half that much at 6.68 inches in 1979 from Hurricane Fredrick.

Heavy rains and the rising waters of the Cumberland River devastated middle Tennessee over the weekend.