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In a disaster, animals can’t ask for helpifaw deploys to help rescue animals from the deadly floods in Kentucky
ifaw deploys to help rescue animals from the deadly floods in Kentucky
2 August 2022
On Thursday, 28 July 2022, heavy rains kicked off catastrophic flooding in the eastern part of the state and has killed at least 37 people. Entire counties are devastated and continue to experience flash floods, landslides and mudslides. More rainfall is expected to continue throughout this week.
Today, IFAW deployed trained responders in Eastern Kentucky to help with animal search and rescue and emergency sheltering. Local authorities requested our support in four of the hardest hit counties of Perry, Knott, Letcher, and Breathitt and we immediately activated our team.
Cars in a river after Kentucky floods, summer 2022 Photo © ADRC
Stay tuned as we share updates from our team in Kentucky.
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