4 dead in Kentucky after heavy rain and floods, governor says

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Four radical person died owed to flooding from thunderstorms successful Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday, and helium issued a authorities of exigency with further rainfall expected.

Flash flood warnings were successful effect Saturday for parts of Kentucky and Indiana amid dense rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

The bureau precocious Saturday day said betwixt 4 and 10 inches of rainfall had already fallen successful immoderate parts of southwestern Indiana, with much possible.

Beshear's bureau said up to 7 inches of rainfall were expected successful parts of his authorities done the precocious evening.

He said connected societal media that 3 radical had died successful Madison County and 1 successful Jackson County owed to flooding.

"This is simply a superior flooding event, wherever teams person already had to behaviour aggregate h2o rescues from vehicles and homes crossed the commonwealth," helium said successful a statement. "As much dense rainfall continues done precocious tonight, we request folks to stay alert and to debar driving, particularly aft acheronian erstwhile determination is constricted visibility."

Beshear said determination were "significant roads underwater" successful Madison County, with hunt and rescue teams sent to that region. He besides said astatine slightest 12 authorities roads were "out of commission" due to the fact that they were flooded.

In northwestern Kentucky, conscionable extracurricular Louisville, Bullitt County exigency absorption officials asked residents of a agrarian roadworthy to evacuate arsenic a precaution aft a landslide astatine a dam embankment. The dam was holding and determination was nary denotation of imminent failure, they said.

The country saw astir 3 inches of rainfall successful the past 2 days, according to the National Weather Service.

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