HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) — Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

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Trucks have gotten stuck on twisty narrow mountain roads and are banned on another major highway through the area, U.S. 441 through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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