Federal Aid Ordered Meanwhile, President Biden has declared a major disaster in Kentucky following the flash flooding that hit the eastern part of the Commonwealth. He’s ordered federal aid to help support local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the aftermath of the flooding.The release from the White House said the federal funding…
Search And Rescue Efforts Continue Unfortunately the need exists for local search and rescue teams, assisted by the National Guard, to continue their search today for people missing in record flooding.Several inches of rain fell early Thursday morning, leading to Flash Flood Emergencies for several Eastern Kentucky counties.Governor Andy Beshear has confirmed 15 people…
Lives Lost Three lives wwere taken by Torrential rains unleashing devastating floods in Appalachia on Thursday in Jackson, as fast-rising water sent people scurrying to rooftops to be rescued.Water gushed from hillsides and flooded out of streambeds, inundating homes, businesses and roads throughout eastern Kentucky. Source: MG News Return to News
Flood Relief Website Governor Andy Beshear has established the Team Eastern KY Flood Relief Fund Website, The one and two things that we’re going to need are water and cleaning supplies,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “We’ve already got a lot of water ordered and going out there, but people are going to need more…
Floyd County Rescues Extra boats, life jackets and more are being provided by Floyd County locals in small communities such as Wayland, Garrett and Maytown that have been devasted by flash flooding, leaving many folks without homes or trapped inside of them.First responders and rescue squads have responded and carried out several rescues Thursday…
Breathitt County Flooding Throughout Breathitt County the flooding is beyond the scale of anything that I’ve ever been involved with in my 24 years of fish and wildlife,” says Greg Watts with the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources.KY-15 was submerged in some places, limiting travel for people in the region. If you…
Hazard State Of Emergency Mayor Donald “Happy” Mobelini has declared a State of Emergency for the City of Hazard.In the declaration, Mayor Mobelini cites the excessive amounts of rainfall in the past two days, which has resulted in major flooding, as the catalyst for the State of Emergency.The Mayor said, “Due to countless slides,…
Hindman Flooding Looking at the aftermath of the flooding last nght and ths mornng rhe Mayor of Hindman, Tracy Neice, said the flooding that hit Eastern Kentucky is some of the worst he has ever seen.Throughout the city, there are several major water line breaks and reports of a gas line break.The Mayor also…
Lawsuit Tossed A federal judge on Tuesday threw out multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuits against five media companies brought by a Kentucky student involved in a 2019 widely viewed encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.Nicholas Sandmann, then a 16-year-old student at Covington Catholic High School, sued several media companies, alleging…
KY River District Health Dept Goody bages are being distributed at this Friday’s last installment of the Kentucky River District Health Department’s July summer reading event.Every Friday of July, a staff member has shared a video reading an informational book on the KRDHD Facebook page for kids in the community to enjoy. The topics…