Torrential rain overnight Thursday triggered major flash flooding in Louisville, Kentucky, closing and prompting more than 100 water rescues. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall continued to cause problems in eastern parts of the state into the day Friday, leaving at least one person dead.
A Lee County woman was stranded in her vehicle in floodwaters at around 9:30 a.m. on a rural Lee County highway Friday morning, according to The Associated Press. The car was swept away at about 11:30 a.m. Friday.
By the time authorities reached the vehicle, the woman had drowned. Initially witnesses thought the woman was accompanied by a child in the car, but the driver was alone.
Flooding problems were most widespread in and around Louisville Friday morning. According to Metrosafe, the official Louisville Emergency Management Agency, 116 water rescues were performed throughout Jefferson County since 1 a.m. CST Friday.
"It looked like a hurricane struck, said Simone Wester, who told The Associated Press her apartment complex was surrounded by floodwaters. "I didn't know what to do."
http://www.weather.com/storms/severe/news/louisville-kentucky-flash-flooding-april-3-2015
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