Heavy rainfall events this summer have caused grass along highways and other roads in parts of west Kentucky to grow fast and tall, obstructing driver’s vision in some areas.
not so bad. i don t think this will really do much to dent the economy overall. but at the individual level, i d like to say, all news is local. not just geography, of course, but do you have credit card debt or not. do you have student debt or not. the average student loan payment is close to $500 a month. so if that s something that you haven t been used to paying for a few years and now you need to fit that into the budget, i think it s really important to recalibrate, figure out where you re at. i do think for those households this could be an obstacle. and maybe this does meet credit card debt either directly or indirectly. ted, what about the auto loan space. we know that interest rates are high there. but car prices are also very high. what are you seeing in this space? i think this is the biggest trouble spot in terms of
one caveat here, though, the faa does warn that there could be ground stops today because of thunderstorms later this afternoon in new york, which has been a trouble spot, in philadelphia, in baltimore, in d.c., all the way down to miami. but i want you to listen now to transportation secretary pete buttigieg. he says things are on the path to getting back on track. we re watching more severe potential for severe weather. that s what touched off all of these problems about a week ago. but, you look at where we were a year ago, where even on blue sky days with no severe weather, there were really unacceptable levels of kcancellations and delays. we have come a long way. reporter: united airlines cancelled more flights than any other airline last week. and in a new memo ceo scott kirby says he is committing to looking again at the airline s crews scheduling system and partnering better with the faa, an agency he initially blamed for a lot of these cancellations
the rushing water spited them into the open after 30 seconds without air. both catching their breath and lucky to be alive. joining us now is sheriff s deputy williams hollingsworth and the sheriff. we re glad you re here, deputy. what an ordeal. describe the scene and what happened. well, it was unusually severe weather with rising water in the roadway, a main thoroughfare, highway 98. there seemed to be a trouble spot where motorists were getting their cars stalled, stuck, submerged. and we were checking on motorists making sure they weren t trapped in their vehicles and at some point we were giving people rides back to their house after their cars had been stuck in the road.