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JACKSON, Ky. When the Breathitt County High School gym opened its doors to evacuees Monday, people came in wet and freezing after wading through water to leave their homes.
The first thing on the agenda was to get them in dry clothes, said Margaret Henson, one of the five people running the temporary shelter.
In the Breathitt County city of Jackson, state officials issued evacuation orders Tuesday evening for those living near the Panbowl Lake dam, but by Wednesday, the high water throughout the area had begun to recede. But homes remained ravaged and folks displaced.
When the flooding first hit, Henson said people quickly donated money, clothes, food from homemade dinners to McDonald s and volunteers got to work sorting piles of donations and getting them to people in need.
Breathitt County officials order mandatory evacuations after reports of dam failure at Panbowl Lake
By: Web Staff
and last updated 2021-03-02 23:21:39-05
JACKSON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Two state inspectors are checking out the dam at Panbowl Lake in Jackson Tuesday evening after reports of a failure.
The dam is still intact but Breathitt County Emergency Management ordered mandatory evacuations for people living in the area.
Just got to Jackson, where evacuations have been ordered due to rising water. @LEX18Newspic.twitter.com/9XdtozlaAE Mike Valente (@ValenteLEX18) March 2, 2021
Governor Andy Beshear says there have been around 1,000 evacuations. He says the Kentucky National Guard is also helping with evacuations by providing emergency transport for Kentuckians to a higher ground using high-axle vehicles.
This is life-changing : Parts of Eastern Kentucky reeling after high water Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal
JACKSON, Ky. Baby strollers floating in a front yard. Family photos, caked with mud, on a warped living room floor. Cars submerged and precious keepsakes lost.
This is the reality facing many in Eastern Kentucky, whose homes were ravaged by historic floods this week.
In the Breathitt County city of Jackson, state officials issued evacuation orders Tuesday evening for those living near the Panbowl Lake dam, but by Wednesday, the high water throughout the area had begun to recede, leaving a mess in its wake.