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Tuesday 2 augusT 2022
More rain, more bodies in flooded Kentucky mountain towns

By REBECCA REYNOLDS inches (20 to 27 centime-
Associated Press ters) of rain fell in just 48
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An- hours in parts of eastern
other round of rainstorms Kentucky, southern West
hit flooded Kentucky Virginia and western Vir-
mountain communities ginia.
Monday as more bodies The disaster was the latest
emerged from the sod- in a string of catastrophic
den landscape, and the deluges that have pound-
governor warned that high ed parts of the U.S. this
winds could bring another summer, including St. Louis.
threat falling trees and util- Scientists warn that climate
ity poles. change is making such
Gov. Andy Beshear said events more common.
the death toll rose to 35, The floodwaters also swept
and hundreds of people away some of the region’s
remained unaccounted for irreplaceable history. Ap-
five days after one of the palshop, a cultural center
nation’s poorest regions known for chronicling Ap-
was swamped by nearly palachian life, was assess-
a foot of rain. The water ing extensive damage at
poured down hillsides and its repository, where historic
into valleys and hollows, documents and artifacts
engulfing entire towns. In this aerial image, the river is still high around the homes in Breathitt County, Ky., on Saturday, were flushed out of the
Mudslides marooned some July 30, 2022. building.
people on steep slopes. Associated Press While touring the disaster
Radar indicated that up to area Sunday, Beshear said
4 more inches (10.2 centi- ple need to be careful.” affects everybody.” ine what they’re going he saw how people have
meters) of rain fell Sunday, An approaching heat His funeral home recently through. been helping their neigh-
and the National Weather wave means “it’s even go- buried a 67-year-old wom- I don’t think there really are bors.
Service warned that slow- ing to get tougher when the an who had a heart attack our words for it.” “These are amazing folks.
moving showers and thun- rain stops,” the governor while trying to escape her Campbell said his 90-year- They’re hurting, but they’re
derstorms could provoke said. “We need to make home as the water rose. old grandmother lost her strong.
more flash flooding through sure people are ultimately Campbell knew her boy- entire home. And it’s amazing to see
Tuesday morning. stable by that point.” friend well, he said. She managed to escape them helping each other,
“If things weren’t hard Chris Campbell, president On Monday, he was meet- to a neighbor’s house with even when they’ve got
enough on the people of of Letcher Funeral Home ing with the family of a hus- some photos. Everything nothing left,” he said.
this region, they’re getting in Whitesburg, said he’s band and wife in their 70s, else in the home where About 400 people have
rain right now,” Beshear begun handling burial ar- people he also knew per- she’s lived since 1958 is been rescued by helicop-
said Monday at the Capitol rangements for people sonally. He said it’s hard to gone, he said. ter, according to Gen.
in Frankfort. “Just as con- who died. explain the magnitude of More than 12,000 utility cus- Daniel Hokanson, chief of
cerning is high winds think “These people, we know the loss. tomers remained without the U.S. National Guard Bu-
about how saturated the most of them. We’re a “I don’t know how to ex- power. At least 300 people reau.
ground has been it could small community,” he said plain it or what to say, to were staying in shelters. “In light of the devastation,
knock over poles, it could of the town about 110 miles be completely honest,” The floods were unleashed the response is going pretty
knock over trees. So peo- southeast of Lexington. “It he said. “I just can’t imag- last week when 8 to 10 1/2 well,” he said Sunday.q

17-year-old killed, 4 hurt in stabbings on Wisconsin river

thorities said. The knife attack happened St. Paul, Minnesota, and
St. Croix County Sheriff on a difficult-to-access sec- two others were taken
Scott Knudson the victims tion of the river near the there by ambulance. The
and suspect, a 52-year- town of Somerset, Wiscon- sheriff’s office said Sun-
old Prior Lake, Minnesota sin, which is about 35 miles day that the condition of
man, were all on the Apple (56 kilometers) east of Min- all four surviving victims a
River when the attack hap- neapolis. The suspect was woman and three men in
pened Saturday afternoon. arrested about an hour and their 20s ranged from seri-
Knudson said investigators a half later while getting off ous to critical. They suffered
were working to determine the river downstream. stab wounds to their chests
what led to the stabbings “Thank goodness a witness and torsos.
and whether the victims had taken a photo of him,” The sheriff’s office didn’t
and suspect knew each Knudson told the Minneap- name the victims, but did
other. They were tubing olis Star Tribune. “Another provide a few details about
with two different groups witness located him at the them. The victims included
Water Recovery authorities comb the Apple River with metal that included about 20 exit of the tubing area, a 20-year-old man and a
detectors after five people were stabbed while tubing down the
river, Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Somerset, Wis. people. where he was taken into 22-year-old man from Luck,
Associated Press “We don’t know yet who custody.” Wisconsin; a 22-year-old
was connected to who, A 17-year-old boy from man from Elk River, Min-
SOMERSET, Wis. (AP) — A were seriously hurt after be- who knew each other Stillwater, Minnesota, died. nesota; and a 24-year-old
Minnesota teenager died ing stabbed while tubing or what precipitated it,” Two of the other victims woman from Burnsville,
and four other people down a Wisconsin river, au- Knudson said. were flown to a hospital in Minnesota;q