Four people were killed in flash floods caused by thunderstorms in Kentucky on Saturday, with further expected flooding into Sunday.
Three of the deaths were in Madison County and one in Jackson County, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in an update posted to X.
Beshear declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon to help deploy more resources across Kentucky for ongoing search and rescue efforts and for the additional rainfall forecast into late Saturday evening.
Beshear said in the afternoon update that at least 12 state roads were “out of commission” due to flash flooding.
Five counties—Mercer, Meade, Spencer, Bullitt, and Madison—also declared their own local states of emergency, the governor said….