Kentucky’s governor declared an emergency Wednesday after heavy – and potentially record-setting – rain caused widespread flooding throughout the state
The western town of Mayfield saw 11.28 inches of rain from early Wednesday to 1 p.m., the National Weather Service in Paducah said. If verified, that would establish a new 24-hour rainfall record for the state, the service said. The record heading into Wednesday was 10.48 inches of rain, set in Louisville in 1997, the weather service said. “An incredible amount of water in a very short duration unfortunately,” the weather service said.
, Mayor Kathy Stewart O’Nan said, and first responders began knocking on doors to help residents evacuate. The sun was shining again by Wednesday afternoon, and most roads had reopened by the evening, O’Nan said. “By mid-morning no one had checked into a shelter, so we are counting our blessings,” the mayor said. A ‘disaster area’ Tia Nalani Nathaniel Rhodes, who lives with her family in Mayfield, said she first noticed the neighborhood was flooding around 3 a.m. Wednesday.
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