Not less than sixteen individuals are lifeless after catastrophic flooding in japanese Kentucky washed away properties and submerged total cities. As residents brace for extra rainfall, Gov. Andy Beshear warns the torrential downpours might declare extra lives.
Dozens have been rescued by boat and helicopter, and tens of hundreds are with out energy. Floodwaters tore by way of the world so violently and shortly that residents — nonetheless recovering from the final flood — barely had time to get out.
"I misplaced every thing twice," flood sufferer Dennis Gross advised The Climate Channel's Mike Seidel in Garrett, Kentucky. "That makes twice that I've misplaced every thing. And I ain't the one one."
Mike and Deborah Reffert have lived in Garrett since 1966, however have by no means seen floodwaters like those that rose this week.
"I've by no means seen it this excessive," Deborah advised Seidel. "It is simply unhappy to think about the devastation and simply the loss."
Emergency crews spent Thursday morning making an attempt to rescue a number of the stranded by boat. In Perry County, hit particularly laborious by the flooding, a creek subsequent to an elementary college jumped its banks earlier than sending a wall of water dashing into the constructing.
"The water was coming over that bridge," Rebecca Ramey, a Perry County resident, advised Seidel. "You'll be able to see the particles."
With extra rainfall anticipated this weekend, Beshear warned residents of potential destruction.
"That is an ongoing catastrophe that continues to place individuals in peril," he stated. "Our demise toll is rising. And quite a lot of households on the market have misplaced completely every thing."