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![Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the legislature to deliver his State of The Commonwealth address in the House chambers at the Kentucky State Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24004047769205-e1704395980822-900x422.jpg)
Governor Beshear says a budgetary cap would limit his immediate response to natural disasters in Kentucky
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was at a podium Wednesday for a familiar scene: to discuss damage from the latest round of storms that battered Kentucky. But this time… Read More
![Debris scatters the ground following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24075475773179-e1710530330459-900x422.jpg)
Cleanup continues in Ohio following tornados and severe weather that killed 3
By: Associated Press
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LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — The three people killed when several tornados roared through Ohio last week all died from storm-related injuries, authorities announced Monday. Darla Williams, 70, and Marilyn Snapp,… Read More
![Debris scatters the ground following a severe storm Friday, March 15, 2024, in Lakeview, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24075475773179-e1710530330459-900x422.jpg)
Tornadoes have killed at least 3 people in western Ohio. Crews are searching for others
By: Joshua A. Bickel | John Seewer | AP
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LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, flattening homes and trailers in an RV park and killing at least three people, authorities said. Crews and cadaver… Read More
![An aerial view of neighborhood in Rolling Fork, Miss., destroyed by Friday night's tornado.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gettyimages-1249442816-51272018bfbe02a77214d040aec63d759c9ee857-scaled-e1679954182800-900x422.jpg)
The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here’s why
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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ROLLING FORK, Miss. (NPR) — Rural communities in western Mississippi are surveying and cleaning up the damage after an unusual and powerful tornado tore through the area Friday night. The… Read More
![A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22210631164139-f7e6d23bdf0715592048ee59e1ea21e1b51401c8-scaled-e1659200466978-900x422.jpg)
Will climate change lead to more intense weather events?
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — While California continues to be inundated by storms and millions of residents remain under flood watches, western New York is still recovering from last month’s historic… Read More
![West Virginia Flooding](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WV-Flooding-AP-featured-Image-900x422.jpg)
Low-interest loans are available following storms in West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Small Business Administration says low-interest disaster loans are available to businesses and people affected by severe storms and flooding in West Virginia last spring…. Read More
![Flooding debris in downtown Whitesburg.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/messages_0-13-1536x1152-1-e1659543471240-900x422.jpeg)
Whitesburg, Kentucky begins to clean up and recover after record flooding
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — In the Parlor Room, a longtime tattoo shop and music venue in downtown Whitesburg, the art-covered walls meet a bare floor, covered in mud. John Falter… Read More
![Troublesome Creek floods the streets of Hindman, Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FYxukAdWIAATicp-e1659123185994-900x422.jpg)
Eastern Kentuckians sift through the debris after a historic flood
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — Andy Morell and his family watch layers of mud roll down into the storm gutter as a man power washes the residue left behind on their street… Read More
![A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ap22210631164139-f7e6d23bdf0715592048ee59e1ea21e1b51401c8-scaled-e1659200466978-900x422.jpg)
At least 25 people have died in Kentucky’s floods, governor says
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (NPR) — Kentucky’s governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 25 people when torrential rains swamped towns… Read More