Kentucky grandma, 97, pictured sitting in 荒廃 of her flooded home DIES 'of broken heart' just three months later: Granddaughter 非難するs 外傷／ショック of inundation for 殺人，大当り her

  • Mae Amburgey, 97, died on Saturday from a 'broken heart' after losing her home in the 破滅的な Eastern Kentucky floods in July?
  • Amburgey went viral on social マスコミ after her granddaughter 地位，任命するd a photo of the 97-year-old sitting in her 潜水するd bed?
  • The 年輩の woman was 救助（する）d from her home by a Good Samaritan in July through the 激怒（する）ing flood waters
  • Funeral services for Amburgey are scheduled for Saturday at Letcher Funeral Home in Whitesburg??

By Vanessa Serna For Dailymail.Com

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A 97 year-old Kentucky woman has died 'of a broken heart' just three months after a photo of her sitting 荒廃させるd in her flood-荒廃させるd home swept the internet.?

Mae Amburgey died on Saturday, three months after the photo of her sitting on her almost-潜水するd bed in her Whitesburg home was 広範囲にわたって-株d online, her granddaughter Missy Amburgey Crovetti 発表するd.?

Amburgey was 救助（する）d from her Whitesburg home along with three others when Kentucky was 攻撃する，衝突する by historic flash flooding that swept away homes and cars.

Harrowing ビデオ 発射 at the time showed her 存在 pulled through 深い, filthy brown water to safety - but sadly, the anguish of the flooding ordeal 証明するd too much for Amburgey to 耐える.??

The 97-year-old's home was unsalvageable, and Amburgey 急落（する），激減（する）d into a despair which 最終的に killed her, Crovetti said.?

'I feel she died of a broken heart,' Crovetti wrote on a GoFundPage 初めは 献身的な to help her grandmother 回復する from the flood. 'While our hearts are 完全に broken, we are also relieved that she is no longer in 苦痛. '

Mae Amburgey, pictured, has died three months after this photo of her sitting devastated in her flood-ravaged Kentucky home swept the internet. Her granddaughter believes the stress of the inundat ion killed her

?Mae Amburgey, pictured, has died three months after this photo of her sitting 荒廃させるd in her flood-荒廃させるd Kentucky home swept the internet. Her granddaughter believes the 強調する／ストレス of the inundation killed her?

Amburgey's home (pictured above) was destroyed after it was nearly all submerged in raging flood waters in July

Amburgey's home (pictured above) was destroyed after it was nearly all 潜水するd in 激怒（する）ing flood waters in July?

The elderly woman's family is helping her save items that were preserved in the floodi ng

The 年輩の woman's family is helping her save items that were 保存するd in the flooding?

Multiple items remained on the ground as the family attempted to sort what could be saved

多重の items remained on the ground as the family 試みる／企てるd to sort what could be saved?

Amburgey's college diploma was recovered by her granddaughter. It was partially covered with mud

Amburgey's college diploma was 回復するd by her granddaughter. It was 部分的に／不公平に covered with mud?

Granddaughter Missy Amburgey Crovetti has been helping her 97-year-old grandmother recover her home after nearly everything was destroyed in the the historic flooding

Granddaughter Missy Amburgey Crovetti has been helping her 97-year-old grandmother 回復する her home after nearly everything was destroyed in the the historic flooding?

Amburgey was saved along with her son after they were 罠にかける inside their home.?

ビデオ （映画の）フィート数 showed the heroic moment a Good Samaritan 救助（する）d Amburgey and her family by using a floatie to guide them through the 激怒（する）ing 洪水s.?

The 97-year-old had to swim to her safety until she reached the boats waiting to help. She was later 認める to the hospital.?

After returning 支援する to her home, Amburgey realized everything had been destroyed and drenched in water.?

Granddaughter Crovetti, who said her grandma was an 'incredible 軍隊,' created a GoFundMe to help the 年輩の woman 回復する.?

'Her house is a total mess and like so many from the area, she may not have flood 保険,' Crovetti wrote at the time. 'Any help would be 大いに 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd. She never lived outside of Ermine, Kentucky and would very much like to stay home.'?

The fundraiser raised $16,597. It's 不明瞭な what the 基金s will now be used for.?

The kitchen of Amburgey's home was seen? in shambles. The side kitchen door leading outside was seen off it's hinges

The kitchen of Amburgey's home was seen? in shambles. The 味方する kitchen door 主要な outside was seen off it's hinges

Windows in the home were nearly broken off and dirt covered the floor of a room

Windows in the home were nearly broken off and dirt covered the 床に打ち倒す of a room?

Piles of mud remained on the floor nearby a damaged fireplace

Piles of mud remained on the 床に打ち倒す nearby a 損失d fireplace?

Mud covered the floor along with random items

Mud covered the 床に打ち倒す along with 無作為の items?

A closet was seen damaged with an iron on the top shelf

A closet was seen 損失d with an アイロンをかける on the 最高の，を越す shelf?

Piles of wood remained in one room along with empty picture frames

Piles of 支持を得ようと努めるd remained in one room along with empty picture でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs

The curtains on the window remained while slightly leaning off the rod

The curtains on the window remained while わずかに leaning off the 棒

Three months after the 壊滅的な floods, the death （死傷者）数 in Kentucky raised to 43 as two more people died from health 複雑化s and another that is still 行方不明の, Gov. Andy Beshear said at a Thursday 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会.?

公式の／役人s on August 1 said they 推定する／予想するd to find 団体／死体s weeks after the flooding, 特に after the Kentucky 国家の Guard 行為／行うd about 700 空気／公表する 救助（する）s over the （期間が）わたる of a week, and 600 more by boat.?

Water levels in 部分s of the 明言する／公表する, 含むing the river at Whitesburg, rose 20 feet within hours as flash flooding 脅すd the 明言する／公表する in July.?

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