Temperatures are soaring in eastern Kentucky where people are shoveling out the wreckage of massive flooding. Many are working without electricity. The National Weather Service expects a heat index of up to 100.
some people cut off by floods or mudslides. About 5,000 customers still lacked electricity in eastern Kentucky, the governor said. Emergency shelters and area state parks housed hundreds of residents who fled homes that were destroyed or badly damaged. Many more are staying with relatives and friends.
“It’s going to take significant time and significant dollars to restore what was destroyed,” he said. The outpouring of support was evident across the area. Volunteers helped remove debris from homes, while others served up meals. Beshear said it’s a time for people to lean on each other and urged them to seek help in dealing with the trauma.
Weighing heavily has been the loss of her cousin Jay Edward Bush, a 57-year-old Army veteran who died Wednesday, just hours before the flood came. The next day, his wife’s home was washed away. She lost everything.
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