as they wait for vaccines and testing. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, as catastrophic flooding has killed at least 16 people, including six children. and the death toll is expected to rise. flash floods wiped out entire neighborhoods, scores of people are missing. kentucky governor andy bashir says it s hard to get a fix on the number of cell services out. bridges were demolished, and some homes were completely carried away. for many who have been affected, the damage is devastating. i don t know what we re going to do. we don t have no place to live now or anything. the water got to about there. we had about this much more room before we got flooded, and i ve never seen it that high. we came out of the house, and it was so swift that even a jet ski was hard for him to handle. and he took us out one at a time. federal disaster declaration will free u
which may take months or years. back to you. vedika sud, thank you. residents in a large canadian city are under evacuation orders after wildfires. 20,000 people in yellow knife have been told to get out by noon friday. more than 200 fires are burning across their northwest territories. this surreal image is from ft. mcmurray ravaged by another wildfire in 2016. the flames this week turned the sky red. officials say they are trying to deploy more resources to the region and canadian prime minister justin trudeau says canada s military has been called in to help. and wildfires are also raging on a spanish fire spreading to 1800 hectares in 24 hours. and because of steep ravines, it
they re all great, warm. all the kids are in good spirits. mop and dad were happy to see us. reporter: search teams searched the area known for steep ravines by ground and air finding these tire tracks and a cell phone ping which helped them narrow their search. the patients are stable. they are doing well. no evidence of frostbite. the father did a good job keeping everybody safe. we are happy for the family and glad they have been found and everybody s prayers have been answered. it has been a wonderful thing. the family told one rescuer they could hear search teams blowing whistles at night and hear choppers overhead. a sense of comfort knowing people were looking for them. thank you. by the way, 100 well wishers at the hospital. everyone is so relieved to know they are okay. a lot of people don t do a thing right. he stayed with the vehicle and that was key. didn t wander off. interesting thing, get this in the back of your head, he heated rocks and brought the rocks in
mountains from the sky and on land for six family members. a man, his girlfriend, their two children and a niece and a nephew went out to play in the snow on sunday. but they didn t come back. the area is remote and rocky with temperatures dipping well below zero. our casey wian is tracking the story for us and joining us. tell us about the search, casey, the challenges facing rescuers. yeah, wolf, it s really difficult for these rescuers because the search has expanded to such a large geographic area. all of pershing county, nevada, which is 6,000 square miles. it s remotely populated. only one person per square mile in that county. so that complicates things. the area they traveled to to go play in the snow is known as the seven troughs area of northwestern nevada. it s an area populated by very, very steep canyons, steep ravines. their vehicle a jeep they were in could be in any one of those. so that is an issue that