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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 ....
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 coming down. it s been steady, sometimes really hard this morning. but mostly just fairly steady. forecasters tell us they re not expecting it to be the same kind of rain that we saw last week that brought the floodwaters. they re warning there is a flood wash where i am right now until 8:00. that is more water this area just does not need. just devastation. reporter: the kentucky governor touring damaged areas. and becoming emotional while discussing the rising numbers of those lost. so these are these are 28 ....
Separate hearings today. so much going on overseas and in washington. we re also watching developing weather. meteorologist bill karins standing by for us. the southeast is a concern for us. we get a break in the northeast. middle of the country looks fine. all the heavy rain has been in the southeast. we ve been concerned about potential flash flooding. heavy rain but no flash flooding now. we updated these numbers. we added much of north carolina to this. 27 million people at risk either under aerial flood wash from new orleans through the carolinas. that s where the heavy rain will be today. to the south of this region, we re not expecting flooding because they ve been very dry. remember all those fires in southern georgia, northern florida but under severe weather risk. large hail, damaging winds, not too many tornadoes today. south texas from victoria, corpus christi to lor raaredlar. the northeast dries out. not a ton of sunshine but dry. as we head towards tomorrow, we re st ....
More storms are in the forecast for the evening with another inch or two and the weather channel is in missouri and that s also bracing for more storms this afternoon after yesterday s rain. what s the latest out there. reporter: thunderstorms race here in and southeast, missouri through the morning hours. branson had some wind damage and southwest missouri reported golf bail size hail and then a tornado watch up in northern arkansas that expired at 9:00 a.m. without any issues and coming in from the north and west and look at the blue skies. isn t that beautiful. we re still ahead of the cold front and that s coming through the afternoon. that may spark showers and storms and there s a flood wash and that s the forecast now from the local weather service office. we had two-thirds an inch of rain and looking up to the sky to the south and west and then ....