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At least one person is dead as a powerful storm batters the eastern half of the US with dangerous flooding, prompting hurried evacuations, widespread road closures and hazardous travel conditions ...
Flooded homes near Lost Creek, Ky., after significant rainfall led to flash flooding on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Flooding along the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Breathitt County, Ky., on ...
Kentucky State Police continues its investigation after Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins was allegedly shot and killed Thursday afternoon by county Sheriff Shawn M. Stines.
Belfry has a post office with ZIP code 41514, which opened on February 26, 1921. [4] [5] The origin of the name "Belfry" is obscure. [6] Some of the community was treated by the United States Census Bureau as a census-designated place in 2020 with a recorded population of 263. [7] The larger community of South Williamson borders Belfry to ...
Turkey Creek is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office closed in November 1996. Their post office closed in November 1996. [ 2 ]
Pike County in far eastern Kentucky also sustained flooding, with multiple roads being blocked by downed trees and power lines as well. In the Virgie area, south of Pikeville, Shelby Creek overran its banks and inundated several homes, leading to the closure of KY 610 in the area. [30] An airlift during the flood in Kentucky.
The South Williamson area includes the surrounding Kentucky communities of Goody, Forest Hills, Toler, and Belfry. In 1990s, residents of the area voted down a proposal to incorporate the area. [citation needed] Another incorporation attempt was proposed in 2015 and the name Johnsonville was proposed for the new incorporated town. [3]
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.