May 2 Local News Beshear Supports Army Corps Decision to Detonate Missouri Levee Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear praised a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to breach a nearly two-mile-wide gap in an earthen levee in Missouri late Monday, unleashing a deluge into 130,000 acres of farmland in a last-ditch effort to save a town from rising flood waters. On Sunday, the attorney general of Missouri asked […] By WFPL News May 2 Local News Beshear Supports Army Corps Decision to Detonate Missouri Levee WFPL News
Apr 25 Local News Beshear Declares State of Emergency With the Ohio River predicted to crest ten feet above flood stage later this week, Gov. Steve Beshear declared a state of emergency Monday due to the severe storms and flooding that have impacted the state. Throughout the commonwealth, heavy rains and multiple rounds of severe weather have occurred causing minor rivers to flood. The […] By WFPL News Apr 25 Local News Beshear Declares State of Emergency WFPL News
Apr 25 Local News Flooding to Temporarily Close Two Post Offices Rising flood waters are hampering mail delivery in parts of Louisville and will close a pair of U.S. Post Offices along the Ohio River. Located on River Road, the Glenview and Harrods Creek stations are set to be closed temporarily as a precaution to the rising waters, which are expected to crest at 33 feet […] By WFPL News Apr 25 Local News Flooding to Temporarily Close Two Post Offices WFPL News