Emergency Sandbagging Effort Begins in Daviess County, KY

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FLOODING HITS WESTERN KY

Last Friday, we were warned by the National Weather Service that life-threatening, impactful flooding was going to hit the tri-state. And Mother Nature delivered. We saw thunder and lightning, ice, snow, and flooding all in one night.

First Responders in Daviess County, KY, sprung into action rescuing people by the floods by boat.

And now that the snow is melting, there's even more flooding in the Western KY area. To make matters even worse, we have another storm system coming in that is going to dump 4-9" of snow on the tri-state.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

To help combat the flood waters, Daviess County Emergency Management Agency is loading sandbags and they need volunteers. They posted the following to Facebook:

VOLUNTEERS

We are asking for volunteers to help with filling/loading sandbags. This will include filling, tying, and loading sandbags into community members vehicles that need help. This will take place at the Daviess County Operations Center (2620 Calhoun Rd / HWY 81) 2:00-7:00 P.M. today. Please wear gloves and bring a shovel if you can.

RESIDENTS

Each resident will need to bring a bill with their home address on it and will be allowed to take up to 100 bags per residence.

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