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Record flooding leaves at least 16 dead in Kentucky

By Associated Press, Lexington Herald-Leader and St. Louis Post-Dispatch

July 29, 2022

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH VIA AP

A man helps two people walk through flood water after their car got stuck in St. Louis, Mo., on Thursday, July 28. The same stubborn weather system caused intense downpours in St. Louis and Appalachia that led to devastating and in some cases deadly flooding.
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St. Louis Firefighters with Engine House No. 10 assist a group of adults and students off a bus that got stuck in rising flood waters on Thursday, July 28, at the intersection of Marcus and Page Avenues in St. Louis, Mo.
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A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Cree in Ned, Ky., Friday, July 29.
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Mud covers tennis courts near Whitesburg Middle School in Whitesburg, Ky., on Friday, July 29.
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The Whitesburg Community Pool is filled with flood water in Whitesburg, Ky., on Friday, July 29.
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People work to clear a house from a bridge near the Whitesburg Recycling Center in Letcher County, Ky., on Friday, July 29.
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Volunteers and city workers try to reconnect the water supply to a nursing home in Elkhorn City, Ky., on Friday, July 29. The pipe, along with some of KY-197, washed away yesterday when the Russell Fork flooded.
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Junior Bowling shovels mud and silt from receded floodwaters in Jackson, Ky., Friday, July 29. Floodwater from the North Fork of the Kentucky River came within inches of getting inside his home.
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Hindman, Ky., Mayor Tracy Neice operates a backhoe to clear debris from the road in downtown Hindman, Ky., Friday, July 29.
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Employees of the Hindman Settlement School clean out the offices of the school following flooding in Hindman, Ky., Friday, July 29. Water reached a height of approximately 4 and a half feet in the school.
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Will Anderson, Director of the Hindman Settlement School sorts through the mud covered objects in his office in Hindman, Ky., Friday, July 29.
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Evacuees of the flooding in eastern Kentucky gather clothing at the Knott County Sportsplex in Leburn, Ky., Friday, July 29. The sportsplex is being used as an emergency shelter, providing food, clothing, and a place to stay for those displaced by the flooding.
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Volunteers unload a truck with a pallet of water at the Knott County Sportsplex in Leburn, Ky., Friday, July 29.
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Several mobile homes in Jackson, Ky., are flooded on Friday, July 29. Heavy rains poured into Appalachia this week, displacing hundreds of people.

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