Millions across Midwest and South reeling from widespread flooding as storm death toll rises to 21
Heavy rain will drench the Northeast on Monday as several states are reeling from last week's powerful spring storms that unleashed major flooding and left at least 21 people dead.
Heavy rain will drench the Northeast on Monday as several states are reeling from last week's powerful spring storms that unleashed major flooding and left at least 21 people dead.
Last week's storms wreaked havoc over the Midwest and the mid-South and later turned east. One person died in Arkansas, two in Kentucky, two in Georgia, two in Indiana, three in Missouri, 10 in Tennessee and one in Mississippi.
On Monday morning, millions are waking up to flooding, and 9 million people are under a flood watch across portions of Georgia and eastern Alabama.
In Louisville, Kentucky, river levels rose 5 feet in just 24 hours. In Owensboro, Kentucky, a levy broke, sending water into fields. Meanwhile, in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, rising waters reached a substation, causing authorities to cut power.
Kentucky has been hard hit by the storms. In Anderson County, mandatory evacuations were issued for low-lying communities near the Kentucky River after the region received more than 7 inches of rain since Thursday and multiple feet of flooding. The local fire department said it rescued more than 40 people from the floods over the weekend.
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