Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, meeting in Tennessee floods

Country singer Kenny Chesney, who has spread in Nashville, Tennessee posted a video as a result of flooding Thursday, YouTube and applied for assistance to affected waters began to rise after a devastating rain of Sunday. Damage estimates top $ 1 billion, the Nashville Tennessean, and 30 people were killed in three states. "This city is very bad now," Chesney told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday (the interview is after the jump). Flight home to check on his property in Nashville, Chesney said he could not believe what he saw from the air. "You see on the news and you see all these things happening in the world but, you know, it really had an impact on this city and this state and this is something really hard for people to cope for including me. " Taylor Swift donated $ 500 000 to the efforts of Nashville flood recovery, it was announced Thursday night under the heading "Working 4 You: flood victims with Vince Gill and Friends," a local telethon to benefit victims the floods.

[Updated, 8:28: This effort has raised more than $ 1.7 million start-up reports, including his wife Gill and Amy Grant is $ 100,000. Larry Gatlin and Naomi Judd were among those who held the phone Keith Urban out on a borrowed guitar, has probably lost most of its water from the river. See the inception report for many other names.] The reason why I do what I love. I always was proud to be a Nashvillian, but especially now, seeing the love that runs through this city where there are people in crisis. " Keith Urban, the team lost in the floods, said he and his wife Nicole Kidman have donated money to relief efforts and urged others to do the same. Michelle Branch has also lost ownership of the rainy season. Many activities in the area and tourist areas were affected. The Tennessee Titans football stadium flooded dramatically,

but at further inspection, the damage was not as bad as expected. The Opryland Resort may be closed for six months, reports from Tennessee, and severe flooding in the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday forced the realization of a show at a place other than Opry House or Ryman Auditorium for the first time since 1975. "We have to help the world right now," said Chesney, who encourages donations Twitter Nashville Area Red Cross. Photos:

(above right) Kenny Chesney made 45 Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 18. By: Matt Sayles / Associated Press (Top left) Taylor Swift performs on stage at the gala for the shift of 100 most influential people, May 04 in New York. Credit: Jemal Countess / Getty Images for Time Inc.