Tourists pour into Nashville despite record-breaking rainfall in Middle TN [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The heavy rain and windy conditions caused by Hurricane Helene didn’t prevent tourists from hitting the streets downtown Saturday after traveling hundreds of miles to visit Music City.

“The energy inside [places on Broadway] makes up for it, and then you just grab some ponchos and you go,” said Payten, a Canadian tourist.

Helene aftermath: Impacts, rainfall totals in Middle TN

Nashvillians felt the most impact from Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, measuring more than 4 inches of rain in a single day, shattering the old record of 1.81 inches set in 1887, according to data from the National Weather Service.

“We weathered the storm,” said Shane, another tourist visiting Nashville from Ohio.

As of 10:55 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, there are still 2,786 customers without power, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES). At the height of the outages, there were about 7,500 people without power across Nashville.

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