Here are the estimated rainfall totals for Evansville and the Tri-State as of Saturday

EVANSVILLE – Evansville has weathered more than 6 inches of rain since Wednesday evening – more than a month’s worth in about 72 hours.

That’s according to a National Weather Service update Saturday afternoon. It comes amid historic rainfall and severe storms that have drenched the entire Tri-State and left huge swaths prone to what forecasters are calling “catastrophic” and “life-threatening” flooding.

But what would normally be an obscene total for the city is actually low compared to harder-hit locales. Parts of Western Kentucky have taken the brunt, especially slabs of Graves County: one of the places devastated by the December 2021 tornado …

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