54 people rescued from roof of Tennessee hospital

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — More than 50 people were sent to the roof of a Tennessee hospital on Friday, waiting for hours to be rescued as flooding cut the hospital off from land.

Ballad Health, a hospital chain headquartered in Tennessee, said at 10:45 a.m. that the Unicoi County Hospital had closed and suspended operations due to the threat of flooding.

Unicoi County Emergency Management Agency told hospital leadership that the hospital needed to be evacuated due to the...