At least 25 people including several children have been killed in devastating floods in the Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky.
It could take weeks to find all the victims of the record flash flooding, says governorReggie Ritchie comforts his wife, Della, as they pause while clearing out their home that was destroyed by flooding in Fisty, Ky., on Friday.
"I'm worried that we're going to be finding bodies for weeks to come," Beshear said during a midday briefing. The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 20 to 27 centimetres over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday.In the tiny community of Garrett on Saturday, couches, tables and pillows soaked by flooding were stacked in yards along the foothills of the mountainous region as people worked to clear out debris and shovel mud from driveways and roads.
Patricia Colombo, 63, of Hazard, Ky., became stranded when her car stalled in floodwaters on a state highway. Colombo began to panic when water started rushing in. Though her phone was dead, she saw a helicopter overhead and waved it down. The helicopter crew radioed a ground team that plucked her to safety.Colombo stayed the night at her fiancé's home in Jackson and they took turns sleeping, repeatedly checking the water with flashlights to see if it was rising.
Just to the west in hard-hit Perry County, authorities said some people remained unaccounted for and almost everyone in the area suffered some sort of damage.
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