Tennessee family builds levee to protect home from floodwaters

The Brief

  • Severe floodwaters in Tennessee submerged entire neighborhoods this week, but one family was prepared.
  • A homemade levee system protected a home in Ridgely, Tennessee, preventing water from seeping onto their property.

A family in western Tennessee was ready for the recent floodwaters that submerged neighborhoods and flooded homes and businesses.

Aerial video taken by Randy Moore shows a home in Ridgely, Tennessee, surrounded by floodwaters on Tuesday, April 8, but the property was untouched thanks to homemade levees.

A photo of the house posted on Facebook revealed that it’s not the first time the family had constructed a levee to protect themselves.

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