A 9-year-old boy in Kentucky was swept away by floodwaters on Friday, one of at least nine people to die in a series of dramatic storms that continue to batter the US.
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 Frankfurt, Kentucky, confirmed it recovered his body about two hours later.
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“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.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called the boy’s death an “unimaginable loss”. He also confirmed another death – that of an adult – in Kentucky on Saturday.
“We need everyone to understand that all water poses a risk right now. Let’s do everything possible to keep our loved ones safe,” he said in a statement.
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p class=”sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ”>National Weather Service forecasters said severe thunderstorms and flash flooding were expected across a wide band of the central US that extended from Arkansas and Louisiana to Western Pennsylvania into Sunday before the
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