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The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
North Fork Kentucky River gauge at Jackson, Kentucky. Water crested at 37.1 feet. Areas impacted included Kentucky, and parts of Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. At least 14 [13] [14] [7] [8] people were killed in Kentucky. [15] [16] [17] In Kentucky and West Virginia, governors Andy Beshear and Patrick Morrisey declared states of emergency.
Kentuck (also New Kentucky) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along Kentuck Road southeast of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County. [1] Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m). [2] The community was named after the state of Kentucky. [3]
6 tornadoes reported in Kentucky. 12:30 p.m. - The National Weather Service has reported six tornadoes touched down in Kentucky Thursday. The most recent preliminary tornado report was in Madison ...
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
The northern panhandle is one of the two panhandles in the U.S. state of West Virginia.It is a culturally and geographically distinct region of the state. It is the state's northernmost extension, bounded by Ohio and the Ohio River on the north and west and the state of Pennsylvania on the east.
Kentucky Rural Water Association has seven staff on the ground in Eastern Kentucky helping devastated local utilities with evaluation and restoration efforts, said Scott Young, executive director ...
Kermit is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 406 at the 2010 census. Kermit is located along the Tug Fork, opposite Warfield, Kentucky. [6] The Norfolk Southern Railway's Kenova District runs through town. The community was earlier known by the names "Lower Burning Creek", "East Warfield," and "Warfield ...