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As parts of Kentucky continue to assess the damage from the past week's floods, Gov. Andy Beshear is warning residents of more rain and potential flooding ...

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The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky climbed to 26 on Sunday and several dozen people remained missing amid a renewed threat of more heavy ...

His crew worked all day Saturday, and the mud and debris were so thick that they managed to clear one-eighth of a mile of roadway. It was left behind as they escaped the fast-rising water Thursday and went to a neighbor’s house. She and her husband are staying with friends. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were possible in some of the same areas that were inundated last week. “We’re doubling our National Guard. We’re going to work to go door to door, work to find, again, as many people as we can. A team of volunteers hauled debris out of her house Saturday.

Gov. Andy Beshear provided a grim update on the impact of the extreme weather and floods the state has been hammered with in recent days.

We’re doubling our National Guard. We’re going to work to go door to door, work to find, again, as many people as we can. “We still can’t get into some areas to check on people. Pockets of the U.S. are still navigating record heat.

More rainfall threatens eastern Kentucky on Sunday, including some areas hardest-hit by the deadly flooding which has claimed the lives of at least 26 ...

"But I know of several additional bodies and we know it's going to grow with the level of water. Polly also said he does not know the man's name. "This is one of the most devastating deadly floods that we have seen in our history," Beshear said. The rescue took about 30 minutes, Polly said. He called 911, but first responders were overwhelmed and unresponsive to his calls. We still can't get into some areas to check on people." We're going to be finding bodies for weeks, many of them swept hundreds of yards, maybe a quarter-mile plus from where they were last." As little as 1 to 2 inches can revive flooding concerns, particularly in areas already inundated with heavy rain where the soil is saturated. "We recognize that the hotels and motels here are full, the shelters are full, that people are sleeping in their cars and trucks and we don't need that," Beshear said. The federal government sent tractor trailers of bottled water to the region, and more financial assistance is on the way. Officials believe thousands have been affected, and efforts to rebuild some areas may take years, the governor told CNN Saturday. The state's estimated losses are potentially in the "tens if not the hundreds of millions of dollars." Twenty-six people have been confirmed dead, Gov. Andy Beshear said on NBC's "Meet The Press" Sunday, in what officials describe as unprecedented flooding for the region -- and the death toll is expected to climb as crews gain more access to currently impassable areas.

HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) - The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky continued to climb on Sunday amid a renewed threat of more heavy rains.

His crew worked all day Saturday, and the mud and debris were so thick that they managed to clear one-eighth of a mile of roadway. It was left behind as they escaped the fast-rising water Thursday and went to a neighbor's house. She and her husband are staying with friends. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were possible in some of the same areas that were inundated last week. “We're doubling our National Guard. We're going to work to go door to door, work to find, again, as many people as we can. A team of volunteers hauled debris out of her house Saturday.

Four siblings are among the at least 26 people who have been killed by flooding in eastern Kentucky. The children range in age from two to eight years old.

“Prayers for my family that they find Ambers (sic) four small children they are missing in all this flood waters,” Trejo wrote. In a picture posted by Trejo, the four children are seen posing for the camera. Eight-year-old Madison is seen dressed in a yellow jacket and smiling for the camera with a hand on the shoulder of sister Nevaeh, 4.

The death toll from severe flooding in eastern Kentucky has risen to 28 people, including several children, and the governor said more fatalities are ...

Please pray for the people in these areas and if you are in the areas that are going to get hit by rain, make sure you stay safe. “Next couple days are going to be hard,” he said in the YouTube video. The storms displaced hundreds of residents and caused “hundreds of millions of dollars” in damage, the governor said in a YouTube video posted Sunday. He has said it could take years to rebuild in the region. The National Weather Service is predictingseveral rounds of showers and storms for the area from Sunday through Tuesday, with flash flooding possible. “We are still focused on meeting the immediate needs of providing food, water and shelter for thousands of our fellow Kentuckians who have been displaced by this catastrophic flood,” he said in the release. The state was doubling the National Guard to search for victims, he said.

The number of deaths from flooding in Kentucky climbed to 26 on Sunday and several dozen people remained missing amid a renewed threat of more heavy rain.

Chloe Adams waited hours until daylight before a relative in a kayak arrived and moved them to safety, first taking her dog, Sandy, and then the teenager. "My daughter is safe and whole tonight," her father, Terry Adams, said in a Facebook post. Beshear said it will remain difficult, even a week from now, to "have a solid number on those accounted for. The water rushing off the hillsides had so much force that it bent road signs. "We have entire water systems down that we are working hard to get up." He estimated that the guard had rescued close to 20 by boat from hard-to-access areas. As residents in Appalachia tried to slowly piece their lives back together, flash flood warnings were issued for at least eight eastern Kentucky counties. "There are memories there," she said of the family photos she and her husband were able to gather. Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains hampered efforts Sunday to help Kentucky residents hit by recent massive flooding, Gov. Andy Beshear said. - Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains hampered efforts Sunday to help Kentucky residents hit by recent massive flooding, Gov. Andy Beshear said. Beshear said the death toll climbed to 28 on Sunday from last week's storms, a number he expected to rise significantly and that it could take weeks to find all the victims. - The number of deaths from massive flooding in Kentucky climbed to 28 on Sunday and several dozen people remained missing amid a renewed threat of more heavy rain.

BUCKHORN, Ky. — Devastated communities across eastern Kentucky began digging out Sunday as the state's death toll rose again and another round of storms ...

Residents along Troublesome Creek in the community of Fisty call a short stretch of Kentucky Route 550 "Rainbow Lane." Each house is painted a different color, but the homes were reduced to mangled heaps of cinder blocks and destroyed possessions. "We've got rain, and maybe even a lot of rain that is going to hit the same areas." The National Guard was called out and is helping first responders go door to door to find as many people as possible, Beshear said. Knott County had the highest death toll at 14, according to the coroner, including four young siblings. In the early hours of Thursday, she said, her family was trapped by the roaring waters that reached their door but left it intact. “But we know how to push through.” The hardest hit areas of eastern Kentucky received almost a foot of rain late last week. The heavy rains make it difficult, and some people cannot be reached, he said. Engle said she was happy to be alive. Power, water, shelter and cell service are major issues in some communities, Beshear said. State officials said they still expect the death count to grow in the coming days. Rainfall rates of up to 2 inches an hour could spark flash flooding, especially in areas that see repeated rounds of thunderstorms.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear pledged to secure housing for displaced residents and to pay for the funerals of the victims as he also warned of more rain to ...

“And like I said it’s not going to be tomorrow, probably not next month, but I think everybody’s going to be okay. “It was coming inside and it just kept getting worse,” he said. "We hope, and we certainly don’t believe for the region, [that] it’s going to cause additional massive flooding, but we have to be prepared," he said. At the news conference, Beshear said the region was facing a "moderate risk of excessive rain," and that some areas could see flash flooding. He could barely shut the door of his SUV as they were leaving. The waters had receded from the house but left a mess behind along with questions about what he and his family will do next. The two were able to rescue their dog, CJ, but fear the damages to the home are beyond repair. Hubert Thomas, a retired coal miner, said his entire life savings was invested in his home. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were possible in some of the same areas that were inundated last week. “That’s what made it so tough for me,” he said. "No forms, no applications, we’ll work directly with the funeral homes.” At least 26 people have died following severe storms that led to mudslides, landslides and record flash flooding, Beshear said.

When the rain came, Diana Amburgey was in her double-wide trailer across from the gas station she managed in Hindman, Ky., packing for a Florida vacation.

A nephew, Michael Johnson, said that relatives had begged her for years to leave the house, where she had grown up and which still had outdoor bathrooms. “He told us he said, ‘Sit still a minute, I think you imagined that,’ and she said, ‘No, I didn’t,’” Ms. Gibson said. She spoke to her brother each week on Sunday. And, her nephew recalled, she always had peanut butter cookies for him when he visited as a child. “She’d have a hillside weeded and the grass mowed off it before a man ever could,” said Ms. Gibson, the nurse practitioner whose husband owned the property where the couple lived. Rosie Vick and her husband, Randall, were at home in Pine Top, Ky., when the storm hit, in the little creekside house they rented from his cousin on what had been the family homestead. The next day, as the skies opened, Ms. Collins learned that her mother had tried to carry her father out to their SUV in an attempt to escape the flooding but that water flooded the vehicle and carried it away. “She was such a loving person,” Mr. Hall said. She loved teddy bears and playing with Barbies, and she had started to love going to school. He checked for a pulse, knowing he would find none, and cleaned the mud from her face. Jeanette Johnson, 65, was at home with her 12 cats in Clayhole, Ky., in the house she had grown up in, a rickety place with outdoor plumbing. But at around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Ms. Campbell saw a Facebook post from a cousin saying that the flood had submerged the enclave of homes where her mother lived. When the rain came, Diana Amburgey was in her double-wide trailer across from the gas station she managed in Hindman, Ky., packing for a Florida vacation.

37 people remain unaccounted for as NWS warns there's a "level 3/4" risk of excessive rainfall for southeast Kentucky through tonight.

The fire 0% contained on Sunday evening, authorities said. What they're saying: "We are still focused on meeting the immediate needs of providing food, water and shelter for thousands of our fellow Kentuckians who have been displaced by this catastrophic flood," Beshear said in a statement. Threat level: "Parts of southeastern Kentucky are most at risk to flash flooding this evening as soils remain overly saturated from previous drenching rainfall from the past week," per the NWS.

Search and rescue operations continued on Sunday in eastern Kentucky, where devastating floods, the product of extreme rainfall, swept through rural ...

Gov. Andy Beshear said over the weekend on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that some bodies had been “swept hundreds of yards, maybe a quarter-mile-plus from where they were lost.” Kenneth Neace, center, salvaged his son’s football gear from the remains of their home in Lost Creek in Breathitt County. A member of the Lee County Search and Rescue crossed a bridge to check on residents in Jackson. A home flooded by water from Troublesome Creek in Breathitt County. A bus overturned by floodwaters from the Kentucky River was outside of destroyed mechanic shop in Jackson. Heather Hammond, a second-grade teacher, became emotional as she spoke about the death of a student she was looking forward to teaching at Emmalena Elementary School in Knott County.

Amid disastrous flooding in eastern Kentucky, one anonymous man's good deed helped rescue a grandmother and her family trapped inside a water-filled home.

Polly also said he does not know the man's name. In one of the pictures, you can see 98-year-old Mae sitting on her bed, which is nearly submerged in water. Crovetti said her uncle, who is in his 70s, had been put on a ventilator -- likely due to water inhalation -- and taken off later in the day.

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Using data from the National Weather Service, here is a list of the top five floods that have taken place across the Kentucky in the past 85 years.

In Louisville, the crest of the 1937 flood on the Ohio River is a full 10feet higher than the second highest crest set in 1945. Total flood damage is estimated to be around $2.6 million, according to the National Weather Service. According to the National Weather Service, the Kentucky River crested at a record 48.74 feet - a full foot over the crest of the Great Flood of 1937. As thunderstorms and large areas of heavy rain moved over the areas, copious rainfall were recorded. Ninety-two counties in Kentucky and 14 counties in southern Indiana were declared disaster areas. Historic amounts of rain fell on central Kentucky and southern in March 1997. March 1945 saw the Ohio River reach a peak state of 74.4, about 11 feet higher than the 1937 flood that ravaged the city of Louisville just eight years prior. In addition to the Kentucky River, The Salt River in Shepherdsville, South Fork Licking River in Cynthiana, Rolling Fork in Boston, and Green River in Munfordville all had record flooding. At least 13 counties have been impacted by the historic flooding, which is one of the worst in Kentucky's history. There were five fatalities in central Kentucky and the overall damage sustained exceeded more than $30 million. A massive winter flood that struck Frankfort in December 1978 was the worst the state capitol had seen. "It's going to get a lot higher," Beshear said Friday of additional deaths.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia National Guard deployed aircraft and troops to Eastern Kentucky to help search for and rescue ...

Three medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters from Task Force MEDEVAC, stationed in Louisville, Tennessee, were also activated to assist with rescues. Two UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters from Nashville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion deployed to Jackson, Kentucky, to assist with rescue operations. The Tennessee National Guard sent five Black Hawk helicopters and crews for search and rescue and medical evacuation of flood victims. Two Kentucky National Guard medevac crews from DET 1 C/2-238th AVN - Wildcat DUSTOFF left Frankfort July 28 to assist with rescue efforts. Contributing: Maj. Holli Nelson, West Virginia National Guard, and Kentucky National Guard Sgt. Jesse Elbouab, 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment; the Tennessee National Guard. ARLINGTON, Va. – The Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia National Guard deployed aircraft and troops to Eastern Kentucky to help search for and rescue victims of the severe flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall.

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Rescue workers searching for missing people in flood-stricken Kentucky have been hampered by the devastation left behind -- unable to access areas left ...

"When you put your blood, sweat and tears into something and then see it ripped away in front of your eyes, there's going to be a grieving process," Everage said. "Areas that see repeated incidents of showers and thunderstorms will be the most susceptible to flash flooding." As of Sunday morning, the fund had received more than $1 million in donations, according to the governor. Employees and volunteers were racing to preserve as much material as they could. Temperatures are then expected to rise, hitting the mid-80s and near 90 on Wednesday and Thursday, per the weather service, but it will feel much hotter because of the humidity. I think I don't really want to think about it," Pickering said. And it wasn't just personal possessions washed away by the floodwaters. Power outages and storm damage left 22 water systems operating in a limited capacity, a Sunday news release from the governor's office said. "A lot of these places have never flooded. It also knocked out vital power, water and roadway infrastructure, some of which has yet to be restored. "It says 'minors,'" the governor said looking at the list. "The water got so strong it just washed them away."

Jessica Willett and her neighbors in the remote Appalachian region of Kentucky were already vulnerable and struggling. Then came historic floodwaters.

"As a people in Eastern Kentucky, we’re survivors." "There has been a lot of crying in our community," he said. Turner stayed up one night thinking how to address the community disaster when his church holds services again in a borrowed chapel. Chris Turner, a general store owner serving Bowling Creek and pastor of the nearby Altro Church of God, had his church wall blasted open by the flood. And some won’t never, I'm afraid, get back to what they had." She told her kids to "kick your feet as hard as you can" if they wound up in the water. "A lot of people in this community didn't have a lot to begin with, money-wise. On Saturday, little help had arrived in the holler, they said. But they couldn't reach her because of high water and fallen trees. But blocking the road was Willett’s cracked and battered home, which was pushed nearly 100 yards before snagging on a ledge. Huddling with her 3-year-old son, Isaiah, and 11-year-old daughter, Nevaeh, in a bedroom, Willett felt the home shift off its foundation. Willett and her fiance, Dustin Elam, 31, had moved into the home just last year.

Rain was expected to douse parts of eastern Kentucky on Monday, days after dozens of people were killed in flash floods.

“But that is still a lot less than the extreme amounts that eastern Kentucky has seen,” Mr. Shamburger said. Scattered storms in eastern Missouri and Southwest Illinois could drop less than half an inch of rain over the next 24 hours, Mark Britt, a Weather Service meteorologist, said. “There have been waves of rain moving across both states,” he said. But let’s hope and pray that we get a reprieve and not much further rain that will affect us.” In some areas, such as Breathitt County, communities were trying to recover from previous floods. The death toll is expected to rise as search-and-rescue operations resume on Monday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Sunday morning that 37 people were missing.

The death toll from Kentucky flooding rose to 30 as a round of severe storms in affected areas threatens to complicate recovery efforts.

"When the rain stops, it's going to get really hot and we need to make sure people are ultimately stable by that point in time." About 150 residents displaced by the flooding were being temporarily housed at state parks and at least the same number are at Red Cross shelters as of Monday, Beshear said. "I can at least try to save them," she said. Beshear estimates it will take millions of dollars to recover infrastructure that was lost in eastern Kentucky counties. Huddling with her 3-year-old son Isaiah and 11-year-old daughter Nevaeh in a bedroom, Willett felt the home move off its foundation. With houses swept away in the flood and school buildings ruined, many Kentuckians have lost all of their belongings and safe housing. The floor bowed and water poured in. Workers are attempting to determine what lakes and infrastructure have been damaged, and Beshear said some areas may not be able to get running water for months. All areas of the state impacted by the flooding are under severe storm potential Monday. Trees are expected to fall with wind gusts because of weakened root systems. The death toll is still expected to rise as search efforts continue this week. "We know about additional bodies beyond these 30 confirmed."

In eastern Kentucky, the search continues for people missing following severe flooding. The death toll has risen to 28, and the governor says he expects it ...

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At a press conference on Sunday night in Whitesburg, Gov. Andy Beshear reported that the death toll has risen to 28 Kentuckians who died in the floods. Beshear ...

We have no cellphone signal, no Wi-Fi signal, and within a quarter-mile, I can’t get anywhere cause there’s just water completely covering both sides of the road,” said Kentucky State Representative Angie Hatton as she talked about waking up to the flooding. “We are committed to the people in Eastern Kentucky,” Beshear said in his press conference. - Knott County – 15 deaths

Rescue and recovery organizations from around the country have flocked to eastern Kentucky counties to assist residents as repair efforts begin.

And we're still going be at a critical stage over the coming weeks," he said. Beshear announced earlier Monday that a mobile FEMA office had been opened in the region. High winds that could knock down poles or trees are also a threat. "These are amazing folks. A tweet from the National Weather Service in Jackson, Kentucky, said another round of heavy rain and thunderstorms will be moving into the area Monday night. "To our first responders continuing search and rescue efforts, thank you for your bravery and commitment to our people." Local carrier Appalachian Wireless is reporting its coverage area has been completely restored, Beshear said. "I want to make sure we're not giving false hope or faulty information." "There are hundreds of unaccounted people for (at a) minimum, and we just don't have a firm grasp on that. Our friends and neighbors have lost so much. "Eastern Kentucky, we are praying for you." "I promised people yesterday that I was gonna be there for them today, tomorrow and in the coming weeks and I'm going to keep that promise."

At least 35 have been confirmed killed in flooding and hundreds remain unaccounted for. The governor warned that high winds could create the danger of ...

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Roads are impassable and many houses destroyed, as Kamala Harris announces $1bn to deal with disasters worsened by climate crisis.

In the west, wildfires in California and Montana have exploded over the weekend to a vastly greater scale. Rainfall of up to two inches an hour was anticipated in some parts of eastern Kentucky on Monday, with the ground already waterlogged from the overnight downpour. With several western states fighting their own battles against wildfires, extreme heat and prolonged drought, Kamala Harris travelled to Miami on Monday to announce a $1bn package to deal with disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis.

Daugherty joined a group of churchgoers for a service at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Hazard, Ky. She was nearly 20 miles and a county over from where her ...

“My faith in people has grown this week, because it's easy to dwell on the negative,” Fugate said. “It’s a very traumatic experience,” Daugherty said. Fugate started the church with the help of a close friend, Richy Miller, another former state trooper. “But hopefully God has a plan. “We just got the cots last night.” I’ve seen it all,” Miller said. At the time, he was a drug detective with the state police, but he has since retired. He is also a member of the state legislature. Just before the 11 a.m. service at Gospel Light Baptist on Sunday, more than a dozen rows of blue chairs were lined up for churchgoers in the center of the sanctuary. After making it to higher ground, he returned for Daugherty and then for their animals, she said. Donated hot meals were doled out and cars streamed through the parking lot, either dropping off provisions or requesting food, cleaning supplies, diapers and cases of water — a necessity in an area where the vast majority of residents have gone days without running water. The typically gentle streams that cut through narrow valleys between the region’s mountains turned into roaring rivers in a matter of hours late Wednesday night.

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