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Dolly Parton's Dollywood Theme Park Hit By 'Unprecedented Flooding Event'

Thunderstorms caused flash flooding at Dollywood over the weekend, injuring at least one person.

Video recorded inside Dollywood and submitted to CBS News affiliate WVLT during Sunday's deluge appeared to show groups of people wading through knee-deep water in some places. The police department in Pigeon Forge, where Dollywood is located, said in a statement on Sunday night on social media that McCarter Hollow Road, at the park's entrance, had collapsed and was closed to traffic. "While the volume of rain was difficult for both the park's and the city's infrastructure to manage, the fact we have only one minor injury illustrates how well our hosts handled the situation and how well our guests followed their directions," Ramey told CBS News about an hour before Dollywood was set to reopen.

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