Portions of Point Park in Dayton, Tenn., flooded Tuesday afternoon following torrential rains Sunday and Monday.
Photo by Kimberly McMillianCLEVELAND, Tenn. – Jonathon Robinson got quite the wake-up call Tuesday morning – two massive pine trees toppling onto the roof of his bedroom.
“It was very loud,” said 17-year-old Robinson. “I thought it was thunder.”
His dad, Bryant Robinson, said the 70- and 40-foot trees mostly spared the home on Valley Hills Lane that he rents, with little visible damage Tuesday afternoon.
Other close calls occurred around Bradley County as record rains pelted the region in the wake of Tropical Storm Lee.
A towering pine fell at the intersection of Harrison Pike and Country Club Lane in Cleveland, barely missing a home across the road. On Wildwood Lake Road in Cleveland, surging waters forced the wall of a roadside ditch to collapse, causing water to rush up under the pavement.