it is already being described as some of the worst flooding kentucky has ever seen. tonight the loss of life is expected to grow. reports from hazard county tonight, cnn s joe johns. her little room completely crushed. i m so sorry. it s okay. tammy s home in perry county now in the middle of squabble creek. like her, hundreds of families have lost everything in the floods in eastern kentucky. no water, no electricity, no nothing. reporter: joe krus is one of the lucky ones, but he says many of his neighbors lost their homes. our house is gone. they just washed away. people in them. we don t even know how many s missing at this point. it happened in the middle of the night. nobody really got a warning. that s the problem. it happened so quick. everybody got washed away. reporter: nearly 300 people cut off by the flooding have been rescued so far, according to the governor. the devastation widespread.
i m so sorry. it s okay. tammy s home in perry county now in the middle of squabble creek. like her, hundreds of families have lost everything in the floods in eastern kentucky. no water, no electricity, no nothing. reporter: joe krus is one of the lucky ones, but he says many of his neighbors lost their homes. our house is gone. they just washed away. people in them. we don t even know how many s missing at this point. it happened in the middle of the night. nobody really got a warning. that s the problem. it happened so quick. everybody got washed away. reporter: nearly 300 people cut off by the flooding have been rescued so far, according to the governor. the devastation widespread. debris along this creek. broken bridges. downed trees. i never have seen this in all the years i ve lived here, i
some the devastation is just too much. in a room completely crushed. reporter: tammy eversole s home in perry county now in the middle of squabble creek. like her, others have lost everything in the floods. no water, no electricity, no nothing. reporter: joe is one of the lucky ones. but he says many of his neighbors lost their homes. it just washed away. i mean people in them. we don t even know how many s missing at this point. it happened in the middle of the night. nobody really got a warning. that s the problem. it just happened so quick and everybody got washed away. reporter: nearly 300 people cut off by the flooding have been rescued so far according to the governor. the devastation widespread. debris along this creek. broken bridges. downed trees. i ve never seen this before.
Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of central Appalachia. Gov. Andy Beshear says at least three people have died from flooding in Kentucky. He