strong rainy they returned to Kentucky this monday (US), where last week’s flood left 37 deadAccording to the latest count from the authorities. At a press conference, state governor Andy Beshear emphasized: hundreds of people are still missingTherefore, officials expect the death toll to continue to rise as rescue efforts progress. Among the dead are several children.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is keeping the central, southern and eastern parts of Kentucky on alert for flooding and forecast torrential rains to continue Tuesday. According to local media, powerful water hoses caused by rains for much of the past week destroyed electrical infrastructure, bridges, homes and roads. Some of the region also remains out of phone coverage, despite the service returning to most of the hardest-hit areas.
On Sunday, Beshear announced that it had mobilized new reservists from the state’s National Guard to rescue Kentucky residents, some of whom were trapped on the roofs of their homes, according to the local Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper. On Thursday, the governor declared a state of emergency across the state and mobilized the National Guard to deal with what he described as one of the “worst and most devastating” flooding in the region’s history.
This is the second natural disaster to hit Kentucky in less than eight months in December. a series of tornadoes took the lives of more than 80 people in the west of the state. United States President Joe Biden announced on Friday that the territory was declared. “great disaster” zone The White House said in a statement to confirm the federal government’s assistance to the state government to deal with these floods.
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