Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the U.S. in late July, inundating St. Louis neighborhoods with record rainfall and setting off mudslides in eastern Kentucky, where at least 16 ...

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Aug. 1 (UPI) --Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the United States in late July, killing at least 28 people in eastern Kentucky as floodwater engulfed homes and set off mudslides.