Kentucky Gov. Beshear says they now believe that "there are only 4 children and not 6" among 25 confirmed deaths.
RELATED: 'May have lost entire families' in Kentucky flooding, says governor
The announcement comes a day after Beshear and other officials grimly predicted the count would rise from earlier tallies taken shortly after torrential downpours led to historic flooding Wednesday and Thursday.
Saturday will likely be decisive, as the state continues recovery efforts in its hard-struck eastern Appalachian region. Emergency responders, who have rescued at least 300 people so far, hope to newly access flooded communities, as branches of the Kentucky River and other waterways receded from historic levels.
Beshear warned of what rescuers may find in the aftermath. "Our death toll has risen to 25 lost, and that number is likely to increase," Beshear said.
“We are still in the search and rescue phase."
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Heartbreaking.
😞 🙏for family
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@RebelFred Shut up Fred.
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God is mad that you chose money over women’s right.
The church is against abortion
Does god use drought to punish, or just floods?
@Sustainable Life don’t know ask God.
God help them all and us
Well they’re dead…
Satan owns this land
Plz given the some money to effected families, 😕.
All lives matter…. So… Yea… what’s everyone having for dinner?
They do, just cause they are uneducated doesn’t mean you have to have schadenfreude.
Truckers should be loading that water up and running it to Texas
mmm sewage…
@A E not for drinking….I mean it could be processed but just filling lakes up n stuff would help. The average tanker could hold 11600 gallons of water…… wouldn’t take much to make a difference
Candy Beshear is Kentucky’s worst governor of all time
Damn only 4 children? That makes me feel so much better. Don’t say that shits a good thing
Still salty about Roe vs Wade I see. Everybody has lives, but children have their WHOLE life ahead of them. So yeah it makes a shitty situation a little bit better to know that not ALL the kids in that family died.
Lol yeah the way he said that was a little off 🤣
RIP Breonna Taylor
Is this not an area prone to flooding?
Did people not have any forewarning?
If it flooded that bad than it’s a flood plain in my book and yes people knew that heavy rains were approaching for at least a week.
The weather forecast gave a five-day flood warning, but dams upriver opened the flood gates too much. This is less due to weather and more to do with having not passed down the proper knowledge from those who managed the situations of the past.
How about we get some better cell service??? So that people have a heads up on emergencies? I’ve been living in Brandenburg, KY since 2013. The internet connections here crap and getting worse over time.
Same with the government websites. They’re still pretty behind and klunky.
You could also prevent more casualties with better tech.
We are also getting an influx of people moving here. Because they’re leaving the big cities… Which means more possible deaths. We need to step up our game so that we can also take care of newcomers.
Your problem is that it is a red state. Poor financial planning, poor communication, poor education, poor civil protection.
Bruh everyone praying, when God would also want people do something about it
How did this happen? How?
Because you rolled coal too much
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I have taught people to swim in less than 1 hour. imagine dying because you never took a single afternoon to learn the single most basic survival skill that exists…. Giving the kids a pass, there are 21 Darwin awards handed out here
This is an ignorant comment. Swimming in floodwaters when your house is being swept away is not exactly like what you would do in a pool or lake.
@Patrick Doyle I just watched in another video a 97-year-old woman supported by her relatives in muddy water over their heads in terrible conditions. No boat, Just clinging to one another. Do you want to teach her how to swim?
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Were homes built in an area where home building should not be allowed? Sympathy for those affected, but the government should not allow homes to be built in flood prone areas.