State of Emergency Declared After Heavy Rain and Floods in Kentucky

State of Emergency Declared After Heavy Rain and Floods in Kentucky
Water surrounds the Johnson County, Ky., Judicial Center in Paintsville, Ky., on March 1, 2021. Ryan C. Hemens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Kentucky firefighter Eddie Stacy was turning his firetruck around in the dark while responding to storm damage when he noticed a tiny light coming from the flooded Red River.

It was a cellphone a woman was waving from a car inundated with water that was rising by the minute.