肯塔基州嚴重水災造成至少12人死亡
肯塔基州發生嚴重水災，造成至少12人死亡，隨著搜救工作繼續進行，預計死亡人數還會增加。這場災難性的洪水是由部分地區超過6英寸的降雨引發的，全州範圍內已進行了超過1,000次救援行動。肯塔基州州長安迪·貝希爾宣布進入緊急狀態，並確認總統唐納德·特朗普已批准災難救助資金。
受害者中包括一名母親和她7歲的孩子，他們在哈特縣的車中被洪水沖走。克萊縣一名73歲的男子在試圖撤離時被洪水困住而死亡。總體而言，多個縣報告了死亡事件，包括哈特縣、派克縣、克萊縣和哈丁縣。
洪水造成了廣泛的破壞，近40,000名居民斷電，9,800個服務連接斷水，26,000人處於煮沸水警告之下。泥石流阻塞了道路，比蒂維爾等整個社區已被疏散。應急團隊正在努力營救仍被困的人員，派克縣和珍妮·威利州立度假公園已開設避難所。
國家氣象局警告稱，即使降雨停止，暴漲的溪流和河流仍將繼續構成風險。州長貝希爾敦促居民不要上路，以防止進一步的悲劇發生。傑克遜的肯塔基河醫療中心關閉了急診部門，將病人轉移到其他醫院，因為肯塔基河北支預計將達到洪水位以上近14英尺的峰值。
這場洪水是肯塔基州至少十年來最嚴重的一次，官員們強調需要繼續保持警惕並支持受影響的社區。
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