Almost everyone in the area suffered some sort of damage. Perry County is one of the hardest-hit areas of the state. President Joe Biden on Friday approved a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in 13 counties. “Unless you’re there and the water is rising a foot every five minutes, you don’t understand it.” “You don’t really know what happened unless you’re living in it,” Austin said. They told Nexstar’s NewsNation they were still trying to process what had happened. More than 15,000 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power Monday, reported.Īustin and Brianna Imhoff lost everything in the flooding. “At the same time, we have started on the long road to eventual recovery.” “We are still focused on meeting the immediate needs of providing food, water and shelter for thousands of our fellow Kentuckians who have been displaced by this catastrophic flood,” Beshear said. He also said he would light the Capitol dome and the Governor’s mansion green, the color of compassion, as he did during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.īeshear says that with the damage experienced in Floyd and Pike counties, he expects federal funds to be made available for those counties in the future.
7 to recognize the loss that so many Kentuckians have been through. It could take weeks to find all the victims.īeshear ordered all state offices to lower their flags to half-staff beginning at sunrise on Tuesday, Aug. Beshear said more people are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise significantly. Andy Beshear said during a press conference earlier in the day.īeshear said during the news conference that there were additional bodies that have been recovered but officials were still working to confirm whether or not they were flood victims.Īmong those who died were four children from the same family, the Knott County coroner said. Andy BeshearĪt least seven deaths have been reported in Breathitt County, two in Clay County, 16 in Knott County, 2 in Letcher County and 3 in Perry County, Gov. Pray for these families and for those who are missing.” Gov. We have confirmed more fatalities from the Eastern Kentucky floods. ( NewsNation) - At least 35 people have died in flash flooding across Kentucky, the state’s governor confirmed in a statement on Twitter Monday.