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CHAVIES, Ky. (AP) — Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her...

CHAVIES, Ky. (AP) — Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her...

Kentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: Burying the dead | 2022-08-06 01:13:58

37 perished in floods that devastated Appalachian communities

CHAVIES, Ky. (AP) -- Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her grandmother's living room this week, looking through her old photo

Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her grandmother's living room this week, looking through her old photo albums and eating her favorite soup beans.

As the floodwaters receded, tales of survival emerged Tuesday from victims who were roused from their sleep by alerts and quickly found themselves trapped in

Among those killed were four young siblings from a single family and a father of five who stopped to help others, but was swept away trying to get home. Victims were often older, disabled or suffered medical events. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said more bodies will likely be recovered and hundreds are still missing.

More than a dozen homes were evacuated Tuesday morning for a gas leak in the Forest Lakes subdivision north of Bayfield, according to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District. The leak was repor...

PRESTONBURG, Ky. (AP) — Some residents of Appalachia returned to flood-ravaged homes and communities on Saturday to shovel mud and debris and to salva