Rescue crews search for stranded people amid flooding, mudslides and power outages across the mountainous region
Torrential rains unleashed devastating floods in Appalachia on Thursday, as fast-rising water killed at least eight people inWater gushed from hillsides and flooded out of streambeds, inundating homes, businesses and roads throughout eastern Kentucky. Parts of western Virginia and southern West Virginia also saw extensive flooding. Rescue crews used helicopters and boats to pick up people trapped by floodwaters.
Flash flooding and mudslides were reported across the mountainous region, where thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain over the past few days. Bonnie Combs, right, hugs her 10-year-old granddaughter, Adelynn Bowling, as her property is inundated by the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson.“There are a lot of people in eastern Kentucky on top of roofs waiting to be rescued,” Beshear said earlier on Thursday. “There are a number of people that are unaccounted for and I’m nearly certain this is a situation where we are going to lose some of them.
The storms hit a region where communities and homes are built on steep hillsides or in hollows between them, where the only flat land often shoulders creeks and streams that can rise in a hurry.Homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky.“I’ve lived here in Perry county all my life and this is by the far the worst event I’ve ever seen,” he said.
In Perry, Leslie and Clay counties, people in low areas were urged to seek higher ground after multiple swift water rescues. Breathitt county’s courthouse was opened overnight and its emergency management director, Chris Friley, said the Old Montessori school would provide more permanent shelter once crews can staff it.
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