Local emergency was declared in the city of Hazard
Long isolated by the surrounding mountains, Hazard was opened to the outside world by the arrival of the railroad in 1912. The only access to the valley had previously been 45 miles down the North Fork of the Kentucky River or a two-week trip over the surrounding mountains.
How sad, some of the victims children. We should be assisting them, not sending money that ends up in the pickets of Ukranian politicians.
Unusual amount of rain in the central US. Kentucky just got hit with tornadoes a year or two ago, now this. Prayers.
CNN headlines blame it on the “climate crisis”. What a bunch of liars.