Hundreds missing after Kentucky floods

At least 30 people have died in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachia region from severe flooding as the region braces for more rain.

At least six children – including four siblings, aged one to eight, who were reportedly swept away by their parents – are among the dead, the BBC reports.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the death toll would continue to rise as “hundreds” remained missing.

More than 12,000 households remain without power, while hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded.

Damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure will cost millions to repair, the governor said Monday.

Mr Bessard, who toured some of the neighborhoods affected by the floods at the weekend, said he saw “houses washed away” and “schools in ruins”.

This is the worst flooding the region has experienced in decades.

Gov. Beshear called the flood “the deadliest and most destructive of his life.”

Displaced locals have found shelter in state parks, churches and state-provided mobile homes.

Many people “only have the clothes on their backs,” Mr. Beshear said. “Everything is destroyed.”

Scientists say climate change is triggering more extreme weather events like the flooding in Kentucky.

President Joe Biden declared the flooding a “major disaster” and ordered federal aid to help local rescuers

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