Kentucky 9-year-old boy caught by a flood on the way to his school bus is one of 18 dead in South after days of unrelenting rain

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Cities ordered evacuations and rescue crews in inflatable boats checked on residents in Kentucky and Tennessee, while utilities shut off power and gas in a region stretching from Texas to Ohio.

Rives, a northwestern Tennessee town of about 200 people, was almost entirely underwater after the Obion River overflowed.

Thirty years ago, the river reached a record 50 feet (15 meters), resulting in five deaths and 1,000 homes destroyed.

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Author / Journalist: Jon Cherry, Kimberlee Kruesi, Anthony Izaguirre, The Associated Press

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: United States

Topics: Tennessee Kentucky Natural disasters Death Flooding Weather and forecasting

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Published On: 2025-04-07 @ 08:25:14 (1 days ago)

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