flash flooding

For a weekend, West Kentucky becomes the center of the political universe. Here’s what some people who live there had to say.

Several Union City, Tennessee residents were evacuated from their homes Friday after flash flooding conditions hit the region.

A flash flood emergency was issued for Union City, Tennessee, after thunderstorms dropped over 11 inches of heavy rain in the western Tennessee city.

Beshear said the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund has raised over $13 million from more than 41,500 donors.

Volunteer-led groups across far western Kentucky are helping victims of last week’s flooding in the region.

A year after the flood that devastated much of eastern Kentucky, the people of Whitesburg, in Letcher County, look back — and forward.

Flash flooding is continuing to impact far western Kentucky, where homes and roads flooded early Wednesday morning.

After nearly every federally declared disaster, large, politically connected companies swoop in and secure lucrative cleanup contracts. Last year's flooding in eastern Kentucky was no different. Researchers and federal investigators have flagged these contracts as rife with opportunities for fraud and wasteful spending.

A storm packing destructive winds late Wednesday afternoon hit downtown Hopkinsville and damaged several buildings along Ninth and 10th streets. Flash flooding occurred around the L&N Train Depot and in the adjacent Peace Park.

An investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting found failures in the state and federal government’s attempt to clean up debris and dangerous materials left by catastrophic flooding in July 2022.