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Aug 3, 2022 · A repetitive meteorological event combined with the landscape in eastern Kentucky was a recipe bound for disaster, which led to dozens of deaths as a result of devastating flooding, scientists told ABC News.
Aug 6, 2019 · State inspectors have told the dam’s owner, the city of Earlington, that heavy rain could overtop it — “threatening the safety of the residents downstream,” according to a 2018 inspection report. Yet local officials don’t have a crisis plan for a dam failure.
Jul 29, 2022 · On Thursday, the state ordered the evacuation of the Panbowl Lake area in Breathitt County, where officials are worried the dam will breach.
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Jul 30, 2022 · Beshear said the river water is down 10 feet, and officials are no longer concerned that the Pambula Lake Dam, where they thought there may be a breach.
Aug 15, 2022 · The Kentucky communities suffering from the damage – coal mining towns tucked into the bends of winding river valleys – are especially ill-equipped. They include some of the poorest counties in...
Oct 20, 2022 · At least 37 people have died in Kentucky at the site of a low-head dam, and at least 1,400 people have died nationwide. But the true number is unknown because there are no federal or state ...
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Apr 4, 2023 · FRANKFORT — Kentucky dam safety officials faced a potentially dire situation last year: A sinkhole was rapidly growing in the slope of a dam in Crittenden County. A failure could have sent...
