Live updates: Historic flooding hit Louisville, Kentucky as rivers continue to rise
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CommonwealthcommunitiesarestillfacingthreateningfloodwatersasriversandstreamsacrossKentuckycontinuetorisefollowingseveraldaysofrain.
SomecommunitieshavealreadyseenitsriverscrestSundayandMonday,withthewaterexceedingitsfloodstagebymultiplefeet.Fourdeathshavebeenconfirmedasaresultofongoingweather,KentuckyGov.AndyBeshearpreviouslysaid,withseveralregionstoseeworseningconditionsinthenextfewdays.
LouisvilleMayorCraigGreenbergsaidtheOhioRiverisexpectedtocrestatmorethan35feetattheupperportionofthe McAlpineLocksandDam neartheFallsoftheOhiobymid-week,rivalinglevelslastseenin2018.Thelowerportionofthedamisexpectedtocrestat68feet,whichcouldposethreatstowestandsouthwestLouisville,officialssaid.
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