The threat of rising rivers in the south and in the middle of the west after days of rain – NBC Boston

Rivers rose and floods deteriorated on Sunday across the south and west, threatening societies that were already affected by days of heavy rains and winds that killed at least 18 people.

Although the rain has come out of some of the most difficult areas in Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, the levels of water in some societies, and the cycle to homes, companies and installed roads.

In Frankfurt, Kentucky, rescue crews verified the population of the country’s capital that crossed the streets in inflatable boats. Workers set up sand bags to protect homes and companies and stop facilities with the continued rise in the Kentucky River.

Ryan C. Herments/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune Service via Getty Images

Ryan C. Herments/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune Service via Getty Images

“As long as I am alive – and I am 52 – this is the worst that I have ever seen,” said Windy Koir, General Manager of Brown barrel in downtown Frankfurt.

The depth of the river rose above 47 feet on Sunday, and it was expected to exceed 49 feet on Monday morning to a level that could be set the record, according to the Frankfurt Lynn Wilcrson. The city’s flood wall system is designed to carry 51 feet of water.

The predictors said that the floods could continue with heavy rains in several states. Tornado watches were valid during most of the day Sunday in parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

For many, there was a feeling of awe.

“These floods are the work of God,” said Kevin Gordon, writer of the reception office at the Ashbruck Hotel in downtown Frankfurt. The hotel was open on Sunday and offered reduced residences for the affected local population, but Gordon said it could eventually be forced to close.

Storms have cut off a deadly path

The 18 deaths that were reported since the start of storms on Wednesday 10 in Tennessee. A 9 -year -old boy was arrested in Kentucky in flood water while walking to arrest the school bus. Police said that a 5 -year -old boy in Arkansas died after a tree fell on his family’s home and besieged him. A 16 -year -old firefighter died in a plane crash while seeking to save the people who fell in the storm.

On Sunday, the National Weather Service said dozens of sites in multiple states, which are expected to reach a “main flooding stage”, with a large -scale flood of structures, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure.

In the north of Kentucky, emergency officials ordered an mandatory evacuation of Valmouth and Betler, the cities near the licking river curve. Thirty years ago, the river reached a record number 50 feet (15 meters), which led to five deaths and destroyed 1,000 homes.

Storms come after the Trump administration reduced jobs in NWS offices, leaving half of them with vacant rates of about 20 %, or twice the level of a decade.

Flood

The northwestern city of Tennessee, with a population of about 200 people, was immersed after the dams failed in February, almost on Sunday, after it exceeded the Ubion River. Domanic Scott went to check his father in RIVES, Tennessee, after he did not hear from him in a house where the flood water reached the doorstep.

The Wolf River in Jermannitown is 25.29 feet a few hours before. This is the fourth highest peak ever. The river was immersed in the southern agriculture. #Tnwx pic.twitter.com/nnd48scfmj

– NWS MEMPHIS (NWSMEMPHIS) April 6, 2025

“It is the first house we have ever. Insurance companies will not give here to the floods to anyone who lives in RIVES because we are very close to the river and dams. So if we lose it, we are without a house.”

For others who fled to a higher ground, seizing the basics also means a closer look at the wine cabinet.

In the state of Kentucky, with the height of the water to his phase, Bill Jones, residing in Frankfurt, fled to his home in a boat, where he loaded with several boxes filled with Bourbon bottles.

As of Sunday early, Memphis has received 14 inches (35 centimeters) of rain since Wednesday, the national weather service said. West Memphis, Arkansas, received 10 inches (25 cm).

The rain and fierce wind moved to the east on Sunday, when the trees were cut in Alabama and Georgia.

The fans of violent weather are attributed to warm temperatures, unstable atmosphere, strong winds, abundant humidity from the Gulf.

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Izaguirre mentioned from New York. Krossey mentioned from Nashville. The Associated Press Bruce Sherinener in Chilbeville, Kentucky; Andrew Dimilo at Little Rock, Arkansas; Adrian Sainz in Memphis; Tennessee Sarah Reda in Six Fols, South Dakota; Lami’s excuse in Reeves, Tennessee; Sofia Terin in Chicago contributed to this report.