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from His Grace Magazine
by His Grace
Flooding in Kentucky
Kentucky Search and Rescue is being hampered due to washed out infrastructures
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There are at least 37 people that have been killed and there are still hundreds missing after devastating floods that hit Kentucky.
The search and rescue efforts that are on- going are very difficult because of the washed out infrastructure.
Helicopters have been deployed to start rescuing the residents. The Kentucky National Guard are airlifting people affected by the flooding; they are being lifted from their properties that are under pretty deep water in the mountain communities.
There are about 400 people that have been picked up by helicopters, according to General Daniel Hokanson; he is the chief of the United States National Guard Bureau.
There are hundreds of residents that are still unaccounted for after nearly a foot of rain fell in one of the countries poorest areas over the last few days.
Governor Andy Beshear (D) said that it could take weeks before they start to find all of the bodies of residents that passed away because of the flooding.
The areas of eastern Kentucky had around 8 - 10 1/2 inches of rain over a period of 48 hours. There are about 7,700 utility customers in Kentucky that do not have any power.
President Joe Biden has declared a federal disaster in the State of Kentucky. This will allow them to send relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
