India, April 7 -- Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for several communities in Carroll County, Kentucky, after ten floodgates at Dix's Dam were "accidentally opened" on Sunday, Carrolton Mayor Robb Adams said in a video message, Courier Journal reported.

"The impact will be, along the Kentucky River corridor, (will be) more than (the 1937 floods), with this release that has happened at Dix's Dam. It exceeds expectations, exceeds any data that we have in past history," Adams said.

Communities under mandatory evacuation:

1, Prestonsville

2. Greensbottom

3. Happy Hollow

4. Blue Lick

5. Residents on Lock Number 1 Road

6. Residents on Lower Mason Street

City Hall is being used for an emergency operation center

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