Record floods have wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky's governor said more than a dozen people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling:
Members of the Winchester, Ky., Fire Department walk inflatable boats across flood waters over Ky. State Road 15 in Jackson to pick up people stranded by the floodwaters Thursday. JACKSON, Ky. — Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky's governor said 16 people have died, a toll he expected to grow.
"We've still got a lot of searching to do," said Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky's hard-hit Perry County."We still have missing people."Emergency crews made close to 50 air rescues and hundreds of water rescues on Thursday, and more people still needed help, Beshear said:"This is not only an ongoing disaster but an ongoing search and rescue. The water is not going to crest in some areas until tomorrow.
Determining the number of people unaccounted for is tough with cell service and electricity out across the disaster area, he said:"This is so widespread, it's a challenge on even local officials to put that number together." Beshear had planned to tour the disaster area on Friday, but postponed it because conditions at an airport where they planned to land are unsafe, his office said.
Beshear said portions of at least 28 state roads in Kentucky are blocked due to flooding or mudslides. Rescue crews also worked in Virginia and West Virginia to reach people in places where roads weren't passable. Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia where the flooding downed trees, power outages and blocked roads. Gov.
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