Kentucky: As the death toll from the devastating floods rose to 28, the governor of Kentucky predicted that the search for bodies would continue "for weeks." Rescuers also started a long and hard search for the victims.

After floods in the east of the state, which turned roads into rivers, washed away bridges, and washed away homes, some areas of the mountainous region are still inaccessible.

Rescue efforts are further complicated by intermittent rain and poor cell phone reception.
"This is one of the most horrific, deadliest floods ever... and it's raining as we try to get out," Governor Andy Beshear said on NBC's Meet the Press.

"We're going to try to knock on as many doors as possible to find as many people as possible. Not even the rain will stop us from working. But the weather makes things more difficult.

More people are feared to have died in the floods triggered by torrential rains that started on Wednesday.
According to Beshear, "we're going to find bodies for weeks, many of them washed away hundreds of yards or more than a quarter mile away from where they were lost."

On Sunday, the governor toured three counties, visiting flooded areas. He claimed that more than 350 people are living in temporary shelters in flood-prone areas across the state.

State, local and federal rescue teams and aid workers are scattered throughout Jackson, the county seat of severely damaged Breathit.
Water bottles were being given to the needy by some people. Federal emergency personnel were present, as evidenced by the "FEMA Rescue 4" boat parked on the trailer.

As dark clouds indicated that more rain was on the way, the floodwaters left a thick layer of dust on the roads.
Volunteers at a distribution center in the small town of Buckhorn, about 55 kilometers south, said 700 to 800 people came on Sunday to collect donated supplies, including food, paper towels and toiletries.

The flood affected an area of ​​Kentucky where poverty was already severe due to the collapse of the coal industry, which was the backbone of the local economy, and took everything away from those who could least afford it.

It destroyed communities that didn't have many residents to begin with," Beshear said.

Some eastern Kentucky locations received more than 20 cm (eight inches) of rain in a 24-hour period.
Within hours, the water level on the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Whitesburg rose by an astonishing 6 meters (about 20 feet), breaking its previous record of 412 meters.

Over a large part of the United States, including central and eastern Kentucky, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center issued a flood warning.

As per the forecast, there will be a risk of flash floods with extremely heavy rainfall rates along with rain and thundershowers till afternoon and early evening.
Flooding in Kentucky has been declared a disaster by President Joe Biden, allowing federal aid to support regional and local relief efforts.

The recent flooding in eastern Kentucky is the most recent in a string of extreme weather events, which experts say are a clear indicator of climate change.

In December 2021, a tornado killed about 60 people in western Kentucky; Beshear claimed that the disaster provided lessons for current efforts on the other side of the state.

He told CNN on Saturday, "We're providing as much assistance as possible and we're moving quickly from across the state to help. We learned a lot from those devastating tornadoes in western Kentucky about seven months ago.

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