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20,000 Flee: Floods And Winds Devastate 4 States

20,000 Flee: Floods And Winds Devastate 4 States
Clip: 425178_1_1
Year Shot: 1963 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1708
Original Film: 036-023-01
HD: N/A
Location: Southern United States
Timecode: 00:40:43 - 00:41:58

Floods And Winds Devastate 4 States. A massive clean-up job underway in four Southern stats in the aftermath of floods that sent a dozen rivers overflowing their banks. Tornados followed in some sections and authorities fear the disaster will approach that of 1957. Aerial shot of the Cumberland River and a washed out bridge. CUS - Helicopter downed during rescue operations. CUS - Towns along the Cumberland River, Harlan and Pineville. MS - Things that got water-logged are set outside. MS - Homeowners in Kentucky. MS - The rising water left a water mark on the bricks and door of a church. MS - More homes with ruined thing placed outside the house. MS - Men cleaning the porch of a flooded home and house. MS - After the flood waters receded the boat is sitting on the ground. MS - The owner of a restaurant shows the water level left on his windows before they receded. CUS - Macks Super Market and all the spoiled food placed on the street in shopping baskets and waiting to be hauled away.