The Grand Ole Opry flooded today as a result of the Cumberland River’s overflowing in Nashville.  Recent heavy rains and flash flooding in the region caused the Cumberland to spill into the city.  Much of the area is underwater and badly damaged.  There have been a reported 28 deaths due to flooding in Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.  The original home of the Opry, the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, remains dry however, the Opry Mills mall and Opryland are both closed due to taking on water.

Updates have been coming regularly from the Grand Ole Opry Twitter feed (@opry), including information about concert cancellations and rescheduling:

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   opry Due to flooding in the Nashville area, the Grand Ole Opry call center is temporarily not in service. 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry Status of the Opry House: Unfortunately we are experiencing the same damage and flooding that much of Nashville is enduring. 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry First priority is the safety of our staff and families, but as we survey the damage, we wanted to give you updates first hand. 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry Check back this afternoon for information regarding this week’s shows. 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry The Ryman is thankfully unharmed. RT @CathyfromOhio: @opry How’s the Ryman? 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry Grand Ole Opry Moves This Week’s Shows To Other Nashville Venues Due To Flooding: http://www.opry.com/news/2010/05-03.html 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry The Tuesday Night Opry performance scheduled for May 4th will take place at the War Memorial Auditorium, 301 6th Ave. N, Nashville, TN. 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry Thursday’s performance of Opry Country Classics will remain at the Ryman as previously scheduled. 03 May 2010 from Seesmic Web
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   opry Tomorrow night’s Opry moved to War Memorial Auditorium, Thurs., Fri., Sat. shows at Ryman Auditorium. http://bit.ly/alzIHR 04 May 2010 from Seesmic Web

Some of the Opry’s tweets have included links to pictures, like this one:

Minnie Pearl photos recovered from our photo archives.

As news broke of the flooding of the historic home of the Opry since 1974, people in Nashville tweeted reactions:

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   newpowersoul Not the Grand Ole Opry house. 03 May 2010 from web
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   Marym2631 Grand Ole Opry house has water in it. So does the Opryland Hotel. This is absolute madness. 03 May 2010 from web
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   kuntrynut Grand Ol Opry house is now taking on water due to the historic flooding…please keep TN in ur prayers 03 May 2010 from web
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   niseag03 Grand Ole Opry is taking on water??? Devestating! 03 May 2010 from TweetDeck
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   iheartbolts Just heard that the Grand Ole Opry House is taking in water. That hurts my heart. 03 May 2010 from web
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   kevnee96 Now the Grand Ole Opry House is now taking on water! Lots of valuable items and documents in the basement in danger of being lost. 03 May 2010 from web

Twitter users in the area also shared photos depicting the extent of the flooding:

@cameronpowell

In the Opry House

@kim33510

The Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville's country music landmark, has flooded

@TWGlorianaFans