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Kentucky Grapples With Record Flooding

The state's seen several inches of rain in a short time, causing rivers to rise to extremely high levels.

Kentucky Grapples With Record Flooding
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Kentucky is seeing historic flooding.

Disaster declarations were in place for at least 49 counties as several inches of rain were dumped in the state causing rivers to grow to extremely high levels.

The Kentucky river rose to nearly 32 feet. That's about 11 feet above flood stage.