Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:46 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:46:55 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
Officials from the National Weather Service office in Charleston will officially declare three Kentucky Parks as "StormReady®". During a ceremony on August 15 at 10 a.m. at Carter Caves, the weather service will designate Carter Caves, Greenbo Lake State Resort Parks, and Grayson Lake State Park as National Weather Service StormReady® Supporter designations.
According to a press release from the Kentucky Department of Parks, the three locations will be among the first state parks in the nation to earn the StormReady® declaration.
The Weather Service's declaration means that the community
is prepared for severe weather according to their guidelines.
The other StormReady® Kentucky State Parks include Dale
Hollow State Resort Park, Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, Jenny
Wiley State Resort Park, Natural Bridge State Resort Park and Buckhorn
State Resort Park.
For more information visit the NWS website at http://www.weather.gov, the StormReady® website at http://www.stormready.noaa.gov.
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