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Main Street in downtown Beattyville was flooded on March 1, 2021 (CNN)A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single dose was lost, he said. Heavy rains on top of snow melt which saturated the soil have caused major ...

Massive flooding has inundated several areas in Kentucky. Some people were evacuated and dozens of counties have issued disaster declarations.

Following the flooding that occurred earlier this week, representatives of the Red Cross said the organization is currently working closely with counties impacted by the flood-related damage. Deborah Ranier, executive director of the Eastern Kentucky Chapter of Red Cross, said Red Cross is actively providing non-congregate sheltering (hotels) for people in need. Some of the affected counties, she said, are offering some congregate sheltering upon request. Non-congregate sheltering is currently ...

of LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2021) — The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service is collecting items and providing relief efforts for Kentuckians impacted by recent floods. The Wolfe County Extension office is serving as the collection site for Eastern Kentucky counties impacted by flooding. On campus, extension will collect supplies at the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Agriculture Distribution Center. “Some of the poorest areas of our communities w...

Dozens saved in dramatic rescues from flooding in Kentucky, West Virginia: ‘It was God, I tell you’ Joseph Wilkinson Emergency workers saved dozens of people in Kentucky and West Virginia over the weekend as both states experienced severe flooding. Firefighter Eddie Stacy and his co-workers rescued a family from a flooded car in Wolfe County in eastern Kentucky, the Associated Press reported. Stacy’s crew was responding to a downed tree when he noticed a woman’s cellphon...

Covid-19 vaccines needed to be rescued by boat as heavy rain caused flooding in Kentucky A batch of Covid-19 vaccines had to be rescued by boat after heavy rains threatened the power supply at a Kentucky health facility, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The doses were rescued from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville and moved to Wolfe County, Beshear said during a press conference Monday. Not a single dose was lost, he said. Heavy rains on top of snow melt which saturated the soil h...

contributed photo Commuter rail in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. With the pandemic taking a devastating toll on local budgets, the U.S. public transit system is battling to survive. For much of the country, this funding crisis jeopardizes an already withering lifeline. For many Americans, public transit is the only option to get to work, school, the grocery store, or doctor’s appointments. But nearly half of us have no access to public transit. And those that do are now confronting limited ro...

The batch was moved from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville after heavy rains disrupted the power supply.

State of Emergency Declared After Heavy Rain and Floods in Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Kentucky firefighter Eddie Stacy was turning his firetruck around in the dark while responding to storm damage when he noticed a tiny light coming from the flooded Red River. It was a cellphone a woman was waving from a car inundated with water that was rising by the minute. Stacy and other members of the Hazel Green Fire Department sprang into action Sunday night, pulling five people from the car where water ...

As Kentucky reels from a weekend of extreme flooding and heavy rain, precipitation is predicted to continue across the Southeast.