BREAKING 15 dead in Kentucky flood, one of the 'most devastating' in state history
KENTUCKY --
Rescuers are working around the clock to reach difficult-to-access areas from flooding that swept the area after heavy rains Wednesday night into Thursday. Parts of West Virginia and western Virginia also experienced severe flooding Thursday and are expected to receive more rainfall Friday. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a statewide emergency declaration, and West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for Fayette, Greenbrier, Logan, McDowell, Mingo and Wyoming counties, according to news releases from the governors' offices.
Beshear sent a direct request to Biden requesting federal assistance for eastern Kentucky, the governor said in a tweet.As floodwaters rose to dangerous levels, some Kentuckians quickly became trapped and were unable to safely escape. As many as 30 people were air rescued by the National Guard on Thursday, Beshear said.
More that 23,000 customers were without power across the state as of early Friday, according to PowerOutage.us. "We took kayaks, jet skis, boats, chainsaws and hatchets to every place that we could," resident Zach Caudill told CNN. Caudill's home only suffered from a few inches of flooding, but he said several of his neighbors lost their homes completely.
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