Flooding sweeps away 9-year-old as storms slam central US

High winds and heavy rain were expected to continue into Sunday, delaying clean-up efforts.

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High winds and heavy rain continued to batter states including Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky on Saturday, delaying recovery efforts.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service said to expect "potentially historic" rainfall and wide temperature swings from the central US to the East Coast into Sunday.

The boy was reportedly walking to his school bus stop on Friday morning when he was overtaken by flooding. The Frankfort Police Department, in Frankfort, Kentucky, confirmed it recovered his body about two hours later.

"We are deeply saddened at this horrific tragedy that claimed the life of one of our students," Franklin County Schools Superintendent Mark Kopp said at a news conference on Friday.

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