“We know there are cases where moms who should have been treated were denied treatment,” Republican state Sen. Bryan Hughes said on the floor of the chamber before the vote, urging lawmakers to adopt changes that make the law “crystal clear.”
A flooded home is seen from the banks of the Ohio River on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)Vehicles go around a downed tree on Cooper Street as heavy rain falls, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
Vehicles go around a downed tree on Cooper Street as heavy rain falls, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)Flash flood emergency and tornado warnings continued to be issued Saturday across Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, with more heavy rains and damaging winds in the mix. All of eastern Kentucky was under a flood watch through Sunday morning.Hundreds of Kentucky roads across the state were impassable because of floodwaters, downed trees or mud and rock slides.
Pendleton County personnel use a boat to cross Max Goldberg Park after cutting power from a utility pole as the rising Licking River overflows its banks, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Falmouth, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Pendleton County personnel use a boat to cross Max Goldberg Park after cutting power from a utility pole as the rising Licking River overflows its banks, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Falmouth, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A resident is brought to dry land by boat after being rescued from flood waters by emergency responders from the Benton, Conway and Shannon Hills fire departments and the Pulaski County Emergency Management team in Shannon Hills, Ark., Saturday, April 5, 2025, as a second day of storms brought widespread flooding to the region. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
A resident is brought to dry land by boat after being rescued from flood waters by emergency responders from the Benton, Conway and Shannon Hills fire departments and the Pulaski County Emergency Management team in Shannon Hills, Ark., Saturday, April 5, 2025, as a second day of storms brought widespread flooding to the region. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)Faith Borden, meteoróloga en la oficina del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en Nashville, advirtió el viernes que el centro de Tennessee podría experimentar “todo tipo de clima severo. Vientos de hasta 70 mph (112 km/h). Estamos hablando de granizo grande en serio, de hasta 3 pulgadas (7,6 centímetros), lo cual para nosotros es granizo grande”.
Mientras tanto, Texas enfrentaba un calor abrasador. Se emitió un aviso de calor para San Antonio y Austin, y se registraron temperaturas abrasadoras de 35 a 40,5 grados Celsius (95 a 105 grados Fahrenheit). Partes del sur de la costa este del país, desde Virginia hasta Florida, registraron temperaturas de más de 32 °C (90 °F).La Oficina del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional para el área de Austin y San Antonio informó el viernes que se prevé que la humedad que llegará el fin de semana hará que las temperaturas sean más altas.
“Hay preocupaciones de agotamiento por calor para las personas que no toman las precauciones adecuadas cuando están al aire libre”, advirtió el meteorólogo Jason Runyen. Aconsejó a los afectados que tomen descansos y se mantengan hidratados.Durante la noche del jueves, tormentas acompañadas de truenos, relámpagos y fuertes vientos azotaron varias partes de Wisconsin, Illinois, el norte de Indiana y Michigan, dejando numerosos árboles caídos y miles de hogares sin electricidad.