Kentucky mountain communities get more rain after deadly flooding
Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for five days after up to a foot of rain swamped one of the nation's poorest regions.
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Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for five days after up to a foot of rain swamped one of the nation's poorest regions.
HINDMAN, Ky. -- The death toll in eastern Kentucky has risen to 25 people, including several children, as search-and-rescue teams continue scouring communities in the Appalachian foothills for survivors of devastating floods.
JACKSON, Ky. -- Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky's governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling.
Kentucky's governor said it could take weeks to find all the victims of flash flooding that killed at least 16 people when heavy rains turned streams into torrents that swamped towns across Appalachia.
Trapped homeowners swam to safety and others were rescued by boat as record flash flooding killed at least 16 people in Kentucky.