At least 16 people, including children, have been killed as of Friday local time as of Friday, local time.
comprehensiveArchyde.comAccording to foreign media reports, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on the 29th that as of this morning, central and eastern Kentucky were still under a flood warning, which might not be ruled out as one of the deadliest floods in Kentucky’s history. The situation is still dangerous, and the number of dead, injured and missing is likely to increase.
Beshear also expressed his shock at the scale of the flooding, which hit the Appalachian coal-mining region the hardest, and in the state’s capital, Frankfurt, regarding 100 miles southeast of Frankfurt. The town of Jackson was also nearly submerged: “Hundreds of homes, but also ballparks, parks, etc., were submerged in water, which I think was more water than any of us had ever seen in that area, It’s just devastating.”
Seeing that the situation is grim, US President Joe Biden also announced on the same day that Kentucky entered a state of major disaster and invested federal funds for disaster relief.
The report pointed out that this is the second time in just one year that Kentucky has entered a “major disaster state”. First, a series of tornadoes in December last year killed nearly 80 people, and now flooding. Neighboring West Virginia and Tennessee also experienced severe weather and widespread power outages.
William Haneberg, a professor of environmental science and head of the Kentucky Geological Survey, warned of 130 to 250 mm of rain accumulated in a 24-hour period, describing the flooding as an “epic event” and worrying that with the weather Changes are intensifying, and such situations may become more extreme and more frequent in the future.
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