Beattyville experiencing historic flooding
and last updated 2021-03-01 18:10:22-05
BEATTYVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) â Beattyville, a small mountain town in Kentucky, is under water following a downpour of rain this past weekend. On Monday, boats could be seen floating down Main Street past a local barbershop.
"The people who've been here a long time have compared this to the flood of 1957," said Lee County Judge/Executive Chuck Caudill.
Roads, homes, cars, and businesses, like the local Valero gas station, are flooded.
Caudill says most streets around Beattyville have water six to seven feet deep. County crews and volunteers began evacuations Sunday night.