UPDATE: Gov. Beshear pledges Kentucky's support in securing housing for residents affected by the flooding and paying for the funerals of the more than two dozen victims ahead of more heavy rain expected this week.
As many as 37 people were unaccounted for, according to a daily briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"With the level of water, we’re going to be finding bodies for weeks, many of them swept hundreds of yards, maybe a quarter mile plus from where they were lost," Beshear said.Ryan C. Hermens / Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, the governor said that his staffers were aware of"additional bodies that have been recovered" but could “not confirm those deaths at this time.”
At the news conference, the governor became emotional as he described how poor cellphone service and undercounts of the population made it hard to determine how many people are missing.The National Guard has conducted more than 1,000 rescues through air lifts, Beshear said.
Additionally, 80 FEMA workers are on the ground and the governor plans to request more, Perry County Judge Executive Scott Alexander said at the news conference. Caudill, a firefighter in the nearby Garrett community, went out on rescues around 1 a.m. Thursday but had to ask to leave around 3 a.m. so he could go home, where waters were rapidly rising.
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