morn morning. in kentucky, rescues are under way. the state is reeling from flooding that claimed 28 lives including at least four children. rescue teams are desperately searching for victims in areas that have been hard to reach. the scenes in kentucky are horrific. floodwaters lifting homes off foundations. more than 50 bridges washed away. with the level of water, we re going to be looking at weeks. many houses swept quarter mile plus from where they were lost. water, a big problem with some of these areas. power. when we get over the rain, it s going to be really hot in the next week. so we re still in an emergency phase. let s go now to evan mcmorris santoro. he is live in hazard, kentucky. heartbreaking what we learned over the weekend out of kentucky, evan. tell us what you re seeing there now. i m standing on the side of highway 28 in perry county, kentucky, one of more than a dozen counties severely affected by these flash floods. as you can see, there is rain
rebuilding is that this rain is still coming in. the damage is so vast. i m going to have the photojournalist dave brooks show you highway 28 here. this is a creek running along the side of this area. you can see it swept with it as the waters rose just all this debris. you can see a street sign, road sign, debris. you can see it is ripped out and pulled right down this creek into this area here. this building next to us is a general store, antique store. the debris smashed the bottom of that building and rips everything out. right down to the ground there. this is stuff they re dealing with as rescuers are trying to find people who are trapped in places like this. where we are now is accessible. there are a lot of parts up here where people live that one road in, the one bridge in got washed out. we heard about people going in atvs trying to bring elderly people supplies. they need to get the people stabilized and get them spupplis