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Flooding sweeps away 9-year-old as storms slam central US

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A 9-year-old boy in Kentucky was swept away by flood waters on Friday morning .

He is one of at least nine people to die in a series of dramatic storms that continue to pummel the central US .

Forecasters say to expect "potentially historic" rainfall and wide temperature swings from central US to the East Coast .

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English

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