Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard search for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.
Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard have searched for people missing in record floods that have wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America, with Kentucky's Governor expecting the death toll of 16 to continue to grow.
Powerful floodwaters swallowed towns that hug creeks and streams in Appalachian valleys and hollows, swamping homes and businesses, trashing vehicles and crunching runaway equipment and debris against bridges.Numerous state roads were blocked by high water or mud, and crews were "unable to even get to some of these roadways it is so bad", Mr Beshear said.Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky's hard-hit Perry County, said there were still people missing.
Determining the number of people missing is tough with mobile phone service and electricity out across the disaster area, he said.National Guard deployed to disaster areas Mr Biden also declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency appointed an officer to coordinate the recovery.
Mr Beshear said portions of at least 28 state roads in Kentucky are blocked due to flooding or mudslides. Rescue crews also worked in Virginia and West Virginia to reach people in places where roads weren't passable.
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