FLOODS CHASE THOUSANDS FROM HOMES IN KENTUCKY, 5 OTHER STATES.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Rising water inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. entire towns in Kentucky and turned others into islands Monday as flooding and other storm damage kept thousands of people out of their homes in six states. The bloated Licking River Licking River River, eastern Kentucky, U.S. It flows about 320 mi (515 km) generally northwest to enter the Ohio River at Covington, Ky., opposite Cincinnati, Ohio. It courses through an area of saline springs, which originally attracted animals to its salt licks. receded slowly, its muddy water still lapping 6 to 8 feet high against the walls and windows of downtown businesses and homes in Falmouth, one of the hardest-hit towns. ``We lost everything we had,'' said 57-year-old Jimmy Williams, who sat on a chair outside a shelter at a hilltop high school Hilltop High School is a four-year public high school located in Chula Vista, California and is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District. The school colors are green and white, and are nicknamed the Lancers. gymnasium, waiting with his dog Sandy and his bird A.J. They were the only things he and his wife could get out of their house when Falmouth was inundated Saturday. ``It came up in '64, but nothing like this,'' Williams said. The flooding forced thousands of people from their homes in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. . Forty-eight deaths were blamed on flooding and tornadoes in the region, including 25 tornado deaths in Arkansas. Many of the flooding victims drowned in cars stuck in high water. The Ohio River, which forms Kentucky's 665-mile-long northern border, was headed for its highest levels in more than 30 years as the weekend runoff flowed downstream. In Louisville, crews were closing all 45 gates in the city's flood wall along the Ohio and were preparing to reinforce them with 120,000 sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. . Across the river in Indiana, riverfront communities started evacuating. |
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