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Things You Should Know About The Flu Season

      The 2017-2018 flu season became one of the most severe seasons on record, excluding pandemics, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Aug. 18, 2018, a total of 179 children died...Read More
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Flash Flood Watch Continues Through Monday

The National Weather Service in Paducah says rain will continue to fall across the region Monday, with the Flash Flood Watch continuing until 7:00 PM. This includes Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Marshall, Muhlenberg, Todd, and Trigg counties....Read More
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Have Things Changed on the New Madrid Fault?

Two centuries ago, a series of giant earthquakes rocked the tiny town of New Madrid, Missouri, collapsing chimneys and shaking houses more than 1000 kilometers away. It was even said that parts of the Mississippi River momentarily...Read More
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Florence Continues to Pound The East Coast

Florence’s satellite signature remains very impressive even though the eye is now located just inland over southeastern North Carolina near Cape Fear. However, land interaction has taken its toll on the inner-core circulation, and the previously well-defined...Read More
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Dangerous Florence Approaches

There’s never been a storm like Florence. It was located farther north in the Atlantic than any other storm to ever hit the Carolinas. Evacuations began on Tuesday morning as people living near the coasts of South...Read More
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Powell Says Florence Could Bring Substantial Rain

Western Kentucky could be in for some substantial rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Florence. Weather Edge Forecaster David Powell says people are continuing to watch the storm because many area residents have relatives in the Carolinas....Read More
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Preparing For a Flood

I have been looking at the rainfall projections from Florence and the amounts are mindboggling. I wonder how many of those folks living along the east coast have actually prepared for a natural disaster such as Florence....Read More