Conservative portion of blue state looking to break off and join neighboring red state
During the anti-police riots of 2020, Oregon was front-and-center as protesters vandalized Portland and made a dayslong violent stand in front of the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
But in the eastern two-thirds of Oregon, the conservative geographic majority of the state did not ideologically align with their urban brethren.
Over the past several years, the Greater Idaho movement has tried to create the conditions needed for about 13 counties to join the conservative Gem State next door.
Greater Idaho began putting such measures up for votes in various counties in 2020 and this month saw Republican lawmakers file a bill in the state legislature that would create a task force to study “moving” the border.
State Rep. Mark Owens, R-Malheur, put forward HB 3844, a measure that creates and directs a task force to document the impacts of relocating the Idaho border and requires a report be presented to lawmakers in Salem.
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Owens did not respond when reached for requests for comment.
Greater Idaho president Mike McCarter said in a statement: “We are encouraged to see the representatives of Eastern Oregon coming together to advocate for their voters by bringing these bills to the Legislature. The people of Eastern Oregon have made clear they want to explore moving the border and joining Idaho.
“This movement has always been about the people of Eastern Oregon, getting their voice heard and helping those communities get the kind of state-level governance they actually want.”
“If the Oregon Legislature truly believes in democracy, they will honor those voters’ wishes and move forward on making a border change happen,” executive director Matt McCaw told Fox News Digital.
“Both bills have been moved into committee and are awaiting further action there.”
By shifting the border, proponents believe both states have a “win-win” – in that the people living in each would better reflect the established political majority and lower political tension.
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A report in the Central Oregonian noted an “interstate compact” is part of what is required to move the line, and cited other border-shifting bills in other states.
One would forward the cause of adding several rural Illinois counties that don’t see eye-to-eye with Springfield or Chicago to more closely aligned Indiana. Another in Iowa would allow the same movement for counties in the Land of Lincoln that are closer to the Hawkeye State line.
Idaho GOP Gov. Brad Little and Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek did not respond to requests for comment.
So far, only a few such movements regarding either secession or redrawing of state lines have been successful.
The now-55 counties of West Virginia voted to secede from the then-Confederate Virginia and independently ratified the U.S. Constitution on June 20, 1863.
A Washington Post story on the matter said Mountaineers split from Virginia as a way of “defending the ‘United States’… rather than the ‘seceded states’.”
In New York City’s Staten Island – the “forgotten borough” as many locals call it – there has been a movement afoot for decades seeking to break from the Big Apple.
Already geographically distant on the “New Jersey side” of the Hudson River, the borough is also separated from the Garden State by the Kill Van Kull and Arthur Kill.
Efforts to reestablish the reliably-red borough as the city of Richmond (after its coterminous county) or other names began with a favor from then-Gov. Mario Cuomo in the 1980s.
Cuomo enraged city leaders but endeared himself to the working-class voters on the island by approving state Sen. John J. Marchi’s push for a secession referendum.
Marchi, who died in 2006 and now has a Staten Island Ferry named in his honor, saw his borough vote nearly 2-1 to secede in 1993 – only to have their desires quashed by Albany’s Democratic majority.
And while the 1995 election of Mayor Rudy Giuliani calmed secession tensions, the drumbeat began anew in recent months.
“I think it’s time to secede,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told The New York Post as Gov. Kathy Hochul was touting her congestion-priced driving fee that now double-taxes Staten Island commuters.
“There’s no real value in being part of this city or the state. We didn’t vote for this mayor; we didn’t vote for this governor; and we didn’t vote for this president, but we’re always the ones getting screwed,” she said.
Transportation chief swipes media, Hillary Clinton with announcement about Musk
SpaceX workers will visit the Air Traffic Control System Command Center on Monday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted in a Sunday post on X, in which he also mentioned former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with whom he recently engaged in a social media spat.
“America deserves safe, state-of-the-art air travel, and President Trump has ordered that I deliver a new, world-class air traffic control system that will be the envy of the world,” Duffy declared, noting that he’d welcome assistance from American developers or businesses.
“To do that, I need advice from the brightest minds in America. I’m asking for help from any high-tech American developer or company that is willing to give back to our country.
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“Tomorrow, members of @elonmusk’s SpaceX team will be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in VA to get a firsthand look at the current system, learn what air traffic controllers like and dislike about their current tools, and envision how we can make a new, better, modern and safer system.”
He then brought up Clinton.
“Because I know the media (and Hillary Clinton) will claim Elon’s team is getting special access, let me make clear that the @FAANews regularly gives tours of the command center to both media and companies.”
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In the post on Sunday, Duffy also said that he will visit the FAA Academy this week.
“Later in the week, I will travel to the FAA Academy in Oklahoma to meet with air traffic controller instructors and students to learn more about their education and how we can ensure that only the very best guide our aircrafts,” he noted.
“My door at @USDOT is open to any and all patriotic developers or companies who want to help our country in this incredible, game-changing mission. I hope to hear from any company committed to ushering in America’s golden age of travel!”
President Donald Trump tapped business magnate Elon Musk to spearhead the Department of Government Efficiency, an effort to uncover federal government waste, fraud, and abuse.
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“The safety of air travel is a non-partisan matter. SpaceX engineers will help make air travel safer,” Musk wrote in response to Duffy’s tweet.
Earlier this month, Clinton and Duffy engaged in a back and forth on X after Duffy noted that the DOGE team would help upgrade the aviation system.
On President Donald J. Trump’s first day in office, he issued an executive order designating human and drug trafficking cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).
This week, the other shoe is expected to drop, as the State Department under Secretary Marco Rubio names names, designating six Mexican cartels as FTOs.
Official Washington has long peddled the comfortable fiction that Mexico is an honest partner in the fight against drugs and human trafficking. This myth persists, despite decades of overwhelming evidence that the Mexican government is at best willfully negligent, and at worst, in active collusion with the criminal networks destroying lives on both sides of the border – cartels that Trump just called out by name.
Trump has put a forceful end to this lie. Trump’s action exposes the inconvenient truth: Mexico, first under former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his Morena Party and now with President Claudia Sheinbaum, is no peer ally. It is a state deeply compromised by cartel corruption and control.
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While Washington elites fret over diplomacy and stability, tens of thousands of Americans are dying from fentanyl poisoning every year. This crisis is directly fueled by cartels operating with impunity in Mexico and with material, financial and intelligence support from China.
These criminal organizations are no different from Middle Eastern terrorist groups like ISIS or Hezbollah. They are ruthless, well-funded, and wield political power in ways that no legitimate government should tolerate – unless, of course, that government is compromised.
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Designating cartels as FTOs is not a radical escalation. It is a necessary adjustment to reality. The same tools we use to fight international terrorism – financial sanctions, expanded intelligence operations and even direct military action – should be brought to bear against the Mexican cartels.
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The benefits of this designation are clear. Cartels and their enablers would face asset freezes, travel bans and severe penalties for anyone providing them with material support. More importantly, U.S. law enforcement would have enhanced authority to dismantle cartel networks inside America. This is a war, and it should be fought as one.
Critics will warn that this could damage U.S.-Mexico relations. But let’s be honest: What exactly are we trying to preserve? A phony partnership where the Mexican government pretends to care about stopping drug trafficking while simultaneously profiting from it? This isn’t diplomacy. It’s a deadly theater.
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Under a policy initiated by AMLO, the so-called (hugs, not bullets) security policy, Mexico has formally surrendered to the cartels. AMLO himself has openly admitted that he prefers to “avoid conflict” with these groups, offering them olive branches while they flood America with deadly drugs and traffic human beings for profit. This is not a strategy; it’s complicity.
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The result is a growing narco-state on our southern border. The cartels’ reach extends into Mexican politics, the judiciary, and even law enforcement at the federal and state levels. Mexican journalists and whistleblowers who dare to expose these connections are frequently silenced – permanently.
Washington’s Cowardice Has Enabled This Crisis
For decades, official Washington has chosen the path of least resistance when it comes to Mexico. Politicians and bureaucrats prefer to maintain the illusion of partnership, no matter how many Americans die from cartel-supplied fentanyl or how many migrants are brutalized by human traffickers. Their concern for “stability” in Mexico is just a euphemism for appeasement.
But stability for whom? Certainly not for the American families burying their children after yet more fentanyl poisonings. Certainly not for the migrants enslaved and trafficked by cartels with the tacit approval of Mexican authorities. Stability only serves the corrupt political class in Mexico and the cartel bosses who bankroll them.
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It’s Time to Take the Gloves Off
Leave it to President Trump. Designating Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations is the first honest step Washington has taken on this issue in decades. It sends an unmistakable message:
The days of pretending that Mexico is an equal partner are over. We will no longer allow corrupt politicians and cartel leaders to profit from killing Americans while trapping hundreds of thousands in a form of modern slavery without consequences.
If Mexico’s political elite want to continue playing nice with the cartels, that’s their choice. But America has the right – and the responsibility – to defend itself from the deadly consequences of that choice. This is no longer just a border security issue; it’s a vital national security imperative.
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The Washington Swamp will resist the uncomfortable truths this designation will reveal, but that’s not our problem. Their fantasy of Mexico as a responsible partner in regional security is a cruel lie.
It’s time to confront the reality: The Mexican government is not just failing to fight the cartels; it’s actively aiding them – so much so, that’s it is hard to determine where one ends and the other begins.
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Big bank’s new $3 billion headquarters to offer jaw-dropping perks for employees
Return-to-the-office work is taking on a whole new meaning as companies reconstruct offices with plentiful amenities for their employees.
Wall Street titan JPMorgan Chase is a prime example, opening a $3 billion headquarters with perks including lunch being delivered deskside and a sprawling health and wellness center.
When it opens, 270 Park Ave. – New York City’s largest all-electric tower – will become the new home for 14,000 employees. Designed by architect Norman Foster, the building will “define the modern workplace with 21st century infrastructure” by boasting smart technology and 2.5 million square feet of flexible and collaborative space, according to JPMorgan.
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The building’s biophilic design, an architectural style that increases connectivity to nature, will feature extensive use of natural plants. The building will also provide 30% more daylight than a typical developer-led, speculative office building and incorporate circadian lighting to reduce the impact of electric light and promote a healthier indoor environment.
When the plan behind the new global headquarters was unveiled in 2022, the company said it was partnering with experts including Joseph Allen, director of Harvard University’s healthy buildings program, and wellness expert Deepak Chopra. It also parented with Union Square Hospitality Group’s Danny Meyer, who has been advising JPMorgan on a “wellness and hospitality experience” for employees, which includes a food hall featuring diverse food operators and healthy menus.
David Arena, JPMorgan Chase’s head of global real estate, told Fortune that Meyer is helping JPMorgan, the largest US bank with about $4 trillion in assets, create an environment like “Eataly or something even better.”
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There are 19 different restaurants, some of which include table service. Employees can also have food delivered directly to their desk, according to Arena.
Its health and wellness center will feature an array of fitness services including yoga and cycling rooms, physical therapy and other medical services, modern mother’s rooms for parents who are breastfeeding, and prayer and meditation spaces.
Norman also doubled the amount of outside and fresh air spaces in the building. Its advanced HVAC filtration systems will also continually clean outdoor air as it comes into the building, while also cleaning recirculated air.
There will be 50% more communal spaces and 25% more volume of space per person, offering more flexible choices for workers, according to JPMorgan. At the top of the 60-story tower there will be a conference center with unobstructed city views where the company will host events for clients and employees.
“It’s become more and more apparent to everybody that place, the physical place, is really important for folks, for their energy, for the way they feel about themselves and the way they feel about their companies,” Arena said in an interview with Fortune earlier this month.
As COVID-related restrictions eased and return-to-office mandates took effect, companies began introducing fun perks and revamping office spaces to motivate employees to return to the work environment.
JPMorgan employees were notified last month that all workers must be in office five days a week starting in March, although 60% of its workforce are already doing so.
Walmart, which is currently in the process of bringing most of its workers back to its main hubs, recently opened a new campus for its Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters.
The campus, spanning approximately 350 acres, features 12 office buildings, biking and walking trails, and amenities such as a childcare center and a 360,000-square-foot wellness center.
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Last year, Amazon opened two new offices at its Puget Sound Headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. One of them, named Dynamo, provides more than 300,000 square feet of new office space, while the other, Sonic, offers 19 floors of working space across more than 400,000 square feet.
In September 2023, Amazon opened the doors to its newest office in the iconic Lord & Taylor department store building after a years-long renovation. The midtown Manhattan office includes a cafe, courtyard and outdoor terrace complete with a dog run and views of the Empire State Building for more than 2,000 employees.
What Trump is doing to prepare America from emerging threat — why US needs to be cautious
A nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) strike could cripple the U.S. electrical grid, communications, transportation, and other critical infrastructure for months, an expert warned.
Historian William Forstchen, a New York Times bestselling author and an expert on EMPs, discussed with Fox News Digital how the U.S. – and everyday Americans – can prepare for the “existential threat” that the attack poses.
“This is a very real threat,” he said. “EMP is generated when a small nuclear weapon, 40 to 60 kilotons or about three times the size of a Hiroshima bomb, is detonated 200 miles out in space above the United States. It sets up an electrostatic discharge which cascades to the Earth’s surface, feeds into the millions of miles of wires which become antennas, feeds this into the power grid, overloads the grid and blows it out.”
Forstchen, citing Congressional reports from 2002 and 2008, said that 80%-90% of Americans would be dead a year later if an EMP strike happened.
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While an EMP strike, at first glance, appears to be more science fiction than fact, Forstchen said that the potential for such an attack was recognized decades ago.
“The threat of an EMP was first realized during the 1962 Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test. What happened was that it blew about 500 miles away from Hawaii and 200 miles up,” he said. “They were able to bring the system back within a matter of days, but what would it be like if it took a month, six months, a year, or five years to fix?”
The late Peter Pry, a nuclear weapons expert, and former staff director at the Congressional EMP Commission, agreed. Before his death in 2022, Pry warned that Kim Jung Un’s launch of a high-altitude ballistic missile was a test of North Korea’s EMP capabilities against the United States.
“Cars would be paralyzed,” Pry told Fox Business in May 2017. “Airplanes could fall out of the sky. You’d have natural gas pipeline explosions, nuclear reactor overloads. And worst of all, if you had a protracted blackout, it would be a serious threat to the survival of the American people.”
The threat of EMP propelled President Donald Trump, during his first term in 2020, to issue a study with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“Just within the last couple of days, the Trump administration is again talking about Israel’s Iron Dome but in the United States,” he said.
Forstchen shared three ways that the U.S. could prepare for a potential EMP attack.
Update the electrical grid
Calling the current electrical grid “antiquated,” Forstchen argued that it needs to be updated for the 21st century.
“It’s scary to realize that almost all of our electricity is pumped on systems that are 30, even 40 years old,” he said.
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Joseph J. Brettel, communications consultant and former energy spokesman, wrote in a Fox News Digital opinion piece that the electrical grid “is in desperate need of investment and modernization.”
“This isn’t just an infrastructure problem; it’s an economic opportunity,” he wrote. “By unleashing vast resources and problem-solving determination toward the grid, the President could solve a decades-long challenge while creating thousands of direct and indirect jobs.”
Create a U.S. Iron Dome
Similar to Israel, the U.S. needs an Iron Dome, Forstchen said.
“Ronald Reagan proposed it in the ’80s, it was known as Star Wars,” he said. “But that was impossible back then, but with the technology we have today and guys like [Elon] Musk, it’s very possible that we could make one for relatively minor cost compared to some other things.”
Trump has ordered the construction of an advanced, next-generation missile defense shield to protect the United States from aerial attack. In January, he signed an executive order that tasks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with drawing up plans to build an “Iron Dome for America” that will protect Americans from the threat of missiles launched by a foreign enemy.
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In doing so, Trump kept a campaign promise to prioritize missile defense.
“By next term we will build a great Iron Dome over our country,” Trump said during a West Palm Beach event on June 14. “We deserve a dome…it’s a missile defense shield, and it’ll all be made in America.”
Stockpile emergency supplies
Forstchen encouraged people to prepare for the potential threat by stockpiling necessities.
“I urge every American citizen to take this seriously and prepare a little bit. I’m not talking about turning your home into a fortress,” he said. “I am saying to have a month or two worth of emergency supplies on hand.”
As a resident of Asheville, North Carolina, Forstchen said that the devastation following Hurricane Helene has been “horrific,” leaving some still homeless months following the natural disaster.
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“And this is a small regional event, imagine if it was the entire United States,” he said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense for comment.
CBS host blasted for ‘bonkers’ claim that ‘weaponized’ free speech led to Holocaust
CBS host Margaret Brennan made what many called an “incredibly dumb” and “deeply ignorant” statement claiming Nazi Germany “weaponized free speech” during her show on Sunday.
The “Face the Nation” host clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio over Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany last week. After Vance criticized European allies for adopting a “soviet”-style approach to censorship, Brennan implied free speech likely led to the Holocaust.
“Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide,” Brennan replied. “He met with the head of a political party that has far-right views and some historic ties to extreme groups. The context of that was changing the tone of it. And you know that.”
“Well, I have to disagree with you. No- I have- I have to disagree with you,” Rubio said as the pair talked over one another. “Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and they hated minorities, and they had a list of people they hated, but primarily the Jews.”
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He added, “There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none. There was also no opposition in Nazi Germany. They were the sole and only party that governed that country. So that’s not an accurate reflection of history.”
The exchange quickly went viral with several conservative users calling out Brennan for a “bonkers” take on Nazi Germany.
“Wow. Margaret Brennan ACTUALLY claims that the Holocaust happened because ‘free speech was weaponized’ in Nazi Germany. She’s incredibly dumb, a blatant Democrat propagandist or both. Doesn’t really matter which it is, @CBSNews should fire her over this,” conservative activist Robby Starbuck remarked.
Radio host Erick Erickson commented, “Can we just talk about how a prominent American news anchor actually believes Nazi Germany had free speech and that supposed free speech is to blame for the Holocaust? That’s both deeply arrogant and deeply ignorant.”
“Anyone claiming ‘free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide’ in Nazi Germany is either profoundly ignorant or deliberately lying. The Nazis didn’t ‘weaponize’ free speech, they abolished it. No one pushing nonsense like this should be allowed anywhere near a newsroom,” author Hans Mahncke wrote.
“This bonkers. Like pull her off the air bonkers,” RedState writer Bonchie commented.
The Federalist CEO Sean Davis joked, “Welp. I guess that means Trump needs to shut down CBS to prevent another Holocaust. Not the path I would’ve chosen, but if Margaret Brennan says that allowing CBS to just say whatever it wants will lead to another Holocaust, who am I to argue? Better to be safe and shut down CBS than be sorry you let CBS bring Hitler back.”
The National Review editor Philip Klein also joked, “If it weren’t for the famously robust 1st Amendment protections in Nazi Germany the Jews might have stood a chance.”
“’[F]ree speech helped cause the holocaust’ is a new one,” Targeted Victory vice president Logan Dobson remarked.
Vance responded to the CBS clip, calling the comments “crazy.”
“This is a crazy exchange. Does the media really think the holocaust was caused by free speech?” Vance wrote.
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Fox News Digital reached out to CBS News for a comment.
The vice president also went viral on Friday with his speech criticizing many European leaders about their cavalier attitude towards censoring ordinary citizens out of fear of “misinformation.”
“To many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, it looks more and more like old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Soviet-era words like ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation,’ who simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion or, God forbid, vote a different way, or even worse, win an election,” Vance said.
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NBA legend’s colleague calls San Francisco ‘beautiful’ on TV — he immediately corrects him
Charles Barkley has hope for the city of San Francisco after saying during the NBA All-Star Game broadcast that he met with Mayor Daniel Lurie.
The city was the host for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. Barkley had been on the city’s case because of its crime and homeless population. During the broadcast, he expressed some optimism that the city would start cleaning up.
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“Shoutout to the people of San Francisco, especially the mayor. I met the mayor a couple times. He’s been tremendous, and hopefully we can do something about the homeless population,” Barkley said during a game between Team Shaquille O’Neal and Team Candace Parker.
Barkley said last month he would skip going to the game because it was in San Francisco.
“He’s going to make the All-Star Team,” Barkley said at the time. “I’m not going. I’m not going to that rat-infested place out in San Francisco.”
Barkley responded to one of his colleagues calling San Francisco “beautiful.”
“San Francisco is not a beautiful city. Rats. Cats. Y’all are not gonna make me like San Francisco. No. Nope, nope, nope”
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However, it was far from the first time he had criticized San Francisco. Last year, he ripped the city during the NBA’s alternative broadcast of the All-Star Game, which took place in Indianapolis.
Barkley asked Reggie Miller which he would choose: playing in the cold in Indianapolis – where Miller spent his entire 18-year NBA career – or “being around a bunch of homeless crooks in San Francisco.”
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green called Barkley “crazy” and said that Barkley was not “welcome” in the city. Parker said, “we love San Francisco,” but Barkley offered a retort.
“No we don’t,” he said. “… You can’t even walk around down there.”
He later suggested you could walk around the city with a “bulletproof vest.”
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Lurie has vowed to make San Francisco’s streets safe again, build “enough housing to turn around our affordability crisis” and tackle “our drug and behavioral health crisis.”
Mom, young daughter killed as catastrophic flooding sweeps state after monster storm
A mother and her 7-year-old daughter are among at least nine people dead in Kentucky after severe flooding struck the state, officials said on Sunday.
The mother and child were swept away Saturday night in Kentucky’s Bonnieville community after their vehicle was completely submerged in floodwater, Hart County Coroner Tony Roberts said.
Roberts said the child’s body was recovered later Saturday night, while Hart County Search and Rescue said the mother’s body was recovered Sunday afternoon, WNKY-TV reported. The identities of the mother and child were not immediately released.
Most of the deaths in Kentucky were caused by cars getting stuck in high water, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday.
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“So folks, stay off the roads right now and stay alive,” he said. “This is the search and rescue phase, and I am very proud of all the Kentuckians that are out there responding, putting their lives on the line.”
Beshear said there have been 1,000 rescues across the state since the storms began Saturday. The storms knocked out power to about 39,000 homes, but Beshear warned that harsh winds in some areas could increase outages.
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Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 6 inches of rain, said Bob Oravec, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service.
Photos posted by authorities and residents on social media showed cars and buildings underwater in south-central and eastern Kentucky.
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President Donald Trump approved the state’s request for a disaster declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate relief efforts throughout the state.