According to Kentucky's governor, it could take several weeks for all victims of flash flooding in Appalachia to be found.
Children and possibly whole families were among the 16 people who died in floods in Kentucky. The flooding occurred after torrential rains that have flooded roads and homes.
It could take weeks for all victims of flash flooding to be found, Kentucky's governor said. Further forecast rain will complicate rescue efforts in areas hardest hit,
Based on everything that we have seen, we may be updating our count of how many people we lost over the next few weeks," Andy Beshear, Kentucky Governor
National Guard troops and police used boats and helicopters to rescue many people from their homes and vehicles in Kentucky's Appalachian coal mining region.
Volunteers and city workers attempt to reconnect the water supply for a nursing home located in Elkhorn City
there are still many people unaccounted for", but declined to give a precise number. "We might be updating the count of the number we lost over the next few weeks."
Flood events "are likely to be more severe and frequent, but they're hard to predict how frequent and how often they'll be in the future,