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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bruce Schreiner and Kristin M. Hall

Kentucky watches for surging rivers to recede so widespread cleanup can begin

APTOPIX Severe Weather - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

After days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky, residents closely monitored waterways for signs they had crested, but freezing temperatures forecast for Tuesday could complicate any cleanup efforts.

Freeze warnings were in effect until early Tuesday for western Kentucky, along with parts of Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, with temperatures potentially dropping as low as 28 degrees (minus 2.2 Celsius), according to the National Weather Service.

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