At least 9 people are dead, including 8 in Kentucky, in latest blast of winter weather – The Associated Press
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Much of the eastern U.S. braced for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather on Saturday. Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Arkansas were under flood warnings, and residents were warned by the National Weather Service to stay off roads. Parts of western Kentucky could face up to 8 inches of rain.
Cars sit in floodwaters at a railroad underpass in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Roofing drapes over a building from a storm at the intersection of Main and Fifth Streets in downtown Tuscumbia, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Dan Busey/The TimesDaily via AP)
Chris Crowley struggles with heavy, wet snow Sunday afternoon, Feb. 16, 2025, as wind and driving sleet made conditions difficult to remove snow from a driveway on Shawmut Street in Lewiston, Maine. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
A high-rising Barren River flows through Bowling Green, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, after heavy rainfall beginning early Saturday morning brought nearly five inches of rain and snowfall to Warren County. (Jack Dobbs/Daily News via AP)
A man carries a little girl to a truck from a house amidst debris from a storm in east Tuscumbia, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Dan Busey/The TimesDaily via AP)
Ahmed Yasir steps on the gas while others push and rock his car was stuck in a driveway in Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
A roof was ripped off and flipped over on a home along Lee County Rd. 449 in Shannon, Miss. during Saturday nights severe thunderstorms that passed through the state. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
A park ranger takes picture of flood water at Dunbar Cave State Park, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A truck sits in flood waters along the Cumberland River, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A road is closed due to flooding in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
This photo provided by the Warren County, Ky., Sheriff’s Office shows a partially submerged car outside of Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Warren County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Water rises along the Cumberland River at McGregor Park, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A vehicle sits in flood water along the Red River, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Water from the Cumberland River rises out of its banks Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A car sits destroyed along the road in Shannon, Miss., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, following Saturday nights storms that passed through Northeast Mississippi. (Thomas Wells/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
A vehicle drives the opposite direction of a road closure sign along Dunbar Cave Rd., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Several homes and other pieces of property were damaged along Lee County Rd. 154 in the Union Baptist Community near Shannon, Miss. Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Thomas Wells/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
Portions of Basil Griffin Park in Bowling Green, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, sit submerged after heavy rainfall beginning early Saturday morning brought nearly five inches of rain to Warren County and after that snow blanketed the region. (Jack Dobbs/Daily News via AP)
A vehicle turns around at a road closure for flooding along Dunbar Cave Rd., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Cars sit in floodwaters at a railroad underpass in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least nine people have died in the most recent round of harsh weather to pummel the U.S., including eight people in Kentucky who died as creeks swelled from heavy rain and water covered roads.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that hundreds of people stranded by flooding had to be rescued. President Donald Trump approved the state’s request for a disaster declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate relief efforts throughout the state.
Beshear said most of the deaths, including a mother and 7-year-old child, were caused by cars getting stuck in high water.
“So folks, stay off the roads right now and stay alive,” he said. “This is the search and rescue phase, and I am very proud of all the Kentuckians that are out there responding, putting their lives on the line.”
Beshear said there have been 1,000 rescues across the state since the storms began Saturday. The storms knocked out power to about 39,000 homes, but Beshear warned that harsh winds in some areas could increase outages.
Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain, said Bob Oravec, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service.
“The effects will
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