Kentucky Gov: As Least 25 Dead In Record Flooding

July 30, 2022 Climate Change, Disaster

Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard are still searching for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday at least 25 people have died, a toll the governor said he expected to grow, adding that it could take weeks to find victims.

Beshear said that 25 people died and at least six children were among the victims. Among those who died were four children from the same family in Knott County, the county coroner said Friday.

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