Kentucky is expecting more rain storms in coming days as rescue crews continue the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America.
Video shows a woman and her dog trapped on a roof, surrounded by floodwaters. Credit: Chloe Adams via Storyfulgovernor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when torrential rains swamped towns across Appalachia.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday and"From everything we’ve seen, we may be updating the count of how many we lost for the next several weeks," Beshear said. "In some of these areas, it’s hard to know exactly how many people were there."
"Many of these people cannot recover out here. They have homes that are half underwater, they’ve lost everything," she said.Flash flooding in Kentucky killed at least 16 people and caused widespread damage. Credit: Jaden Pappenheim via Storyful
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