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The city of Hazard in Perry County has seen its worst flooding in 40 years, officials said Sunday. The North Fork Kentucky River crested at 30.5 inches overnight, marking the largest flood in the ...
Dramatic videos and photos are emerging from across the Tennessee Valley and Appalachians after catastrophic and ... the scope of flooding in Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. ... rising within ...
Williamson, West Virginia experienced major flooding as the Tug Fork was expected to crest at 49 feet (14.9 m), three feet above flood stage. A flood wall protected the downtown area from major damage, but other parts of the city and other areas in Mingo County had major damage. The record for Williamson is 52.6 feet (16 m).
The Clay County, Kentucky, Coroner’s Office reported that a 73-year-old man from the Blue Grass State was found dead in the Horse Creek area of Clay County after reportedly getting knocked off ...
An airlift during the flood in Kentucky. Late on July 28 and into July 29, part of the city of Jackson was evacuated and KY 15 was closed after officials became concerned that water from the North Fork River would top Panbowl Dam along KY 15 and potentially flood approximately 110 homes, 13 businesses, and other structures around Panbowl Lake ...
Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency on July 28. [47] [48] [9] [49] after what was described as a thousand-year flooding event. [18]The Kentucky Court of Justice closed the judicial centers in Floyd, Letcher, Magoffin, and Perry counties due to the extreme flooding. [50]
Historic flooding is hitting Kentucky again only two years after catastrophic flooding left 43 people dead and nearly leveled parts of the state. Flooding washed away homes, submerged vehicles in ...
Major flooding inundated Southeast Kentucky from February 6–7, 2020, as the result of an extremely heavy rain event. [1]Twenty one counties in Eastern Kentucky sustained flood damage, and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency on February 8, for Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and Whitley Counties.