Linda Almond.Photo: facebook
A woman who died during therecord-breaking floods in middle Tennesseehad filmed rising waters surrounding her house before she was swept away.
On Saturday morning, Linda Almond went on Facebook Live to show friends and family floodwaters rushing past her home. The 70-second video would be one of the 55-year-old’s final moments.
“Well, if anybody’s seeing me on Facebook Live, we’re being flooded right now in Waverly, Tennessee,” Linda said during the livestream. “Really scary.”
As murky rainwater carried debris down the street, Linda commented, “This is scary. Oh my goodness.”
Her brother, Leo Almond, later confirmed on Facebook that she died “in the water” after filming the video, writing, “please pray for her soul.”
Linda had been staying with her son, Tommy Almond, in Waverly — a small city in Humphreys County that’s approximately 75 miles west of Nashville — for the past few months following a countrywide road trip, her daughter, Victoria Almond, toldThe Washington Poston Tuesday.
Victoria, 25, said that her mother was on disability for a bad back, so it would have been difficult for her to escape the flooding.
“I couldn’t contact her or Tommy,” recalled Victoria, who said that she became worried after seeing her mother’s video on Saturday afternoon. “The towers were down and I didn’t know what was going on.”
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“My brother went down for about 45 seconds underwater and when he came back up, he couldn’t find Mom,” Victoria said. “That was when they let go. It was the last time he saw her.”
Waverly Department of Public Safety chief Grant Gillespie said during a Tuesday press conference that at least 18 people were dead in the area, with three people still missing, according toThe Tennessean.
source: people.com
