US EditionSwollen rivers flood towns in US South after dayslong deluge of rain
- Floodwaters have flooded towns in the southern and midwestern United States after days of rain from storms, resulting in at least 19 deaths since last week.
- Ten people have died in Tennessee due to the storms, prompting emergency efforts to address environmental hazards, including a spill of motor oil and diesel fuel.
- Mandatory evacuations were ordered for towns in north-central Kentucky due to rising floodwaters from the Licking River.
- Wendy Quire, general manager at Brown Barrel, described the flooding as "the worst I’ve ever seen it" in her 52 years of life.
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South Spencer schools preparing for possible virtual instruction
HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - The South Spencer School Corporation is working closely with the county EMA and administration in making plans for the current flood situation. Officials state the current flood will rival the flood of 1997, so plans are being made for the possibility of synchronous learning days later in the week. High water forces Smothers Park to temporarily close Officials say Chromebooks and other instructional material with be …
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The Washington PostIn the rain-soaked South, a warning to prepare for ‘generational’ floods still to come
MEMPHIS — Whenever he walks along the Wolf River Greenway trail here, Ethan Poteet knows the trees and marshes are more than just scenery. They were put in to keep the river from overflowing its banks, like it did during…
Residents in the southern and central US are resisting rising rivers even though the rain has stopped.
By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert and Andy Rose, CNN A multi-day deluge finally eased across the South and Midwest on Monday, but like the widespread flooding that followed, the danger to many communities will take time to subside. “Since I’ve been 52, this is the worst I’ve ever seen,” Wendy Quire, general manager of the Brown Barrel restaurant in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, told The Associated Press. Precipitation flooded communities across a wide…
Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a...
Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated rivers posed the latest threat from persistent storms that have killed at least 23 people since last week as they doused the region with heavy rain and spawned destructive tornadoes. At least 157 tornadoes struck within seven days beginning March 30, acco…
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