![]() Seven people were killed in Breathitt County, two in Clay County, two in Letcher County and three in Perry County. Sixteen of the deaths occurred in Knott County, about 130 miles southeast of Lexington, per the governor’s office. “The water got so strong it just washed them away.” “They were holding on to them,” Smith said of her sister and her partner. The children - described as sweet, funny and lovable - died after the family’s mobile home flooded last week, forcing them to seek shelter on the roof, their aunt, Brandi Smith, told CNN on Friday. The oldest one is in second grade,” Beshear said. “It says ‘minors,'” the governor said looking at the list. They were identified to CNN by their aunt as siblings Chance, 2 Nevaeh, 4 Riley Jr., 6 and Madison, 8. While reading a breakdown of those killed in each county during a news conference Sunday, Beshear became visibly emotional when he reached four children dead in Knott County. “It was just devastating to all of our businesses, all of our offices.” “I’ve lived here in this town for 56 years, and I have never seen water of this nature,” Tracy Neice, the mayor of Hindman, Kentucky, told CNN, saying his town’s main street looked like a stretch of river where one might go whitewater rafting. Some of it has yet to be restored, though cell service is returning in some of the state’s hardest-hit areas, the governor said, which may help people connect with loved ones they’ve yet to contact. ![]() Vital electricity, water and roadway infrastructure was also knocked out. The flooding last week swelled over roads, destroyed bridges and swept away entire homes, displacing thousands of Kentuckians, the governor previously said. ![]() “But I want to make sure we’re not giving either false hope or faulty information.” I wish we did - there are a lot of reasons why it’s nearly impossible,” he said. “We just don’t have a firm grasp on that. Andy Beshear said at a news conference in Frankfort, adding, “There are hundreds of unaccounted for people, minimum.” (CNN) - Rescue workers searching for hundreds of missing people in flood-stricken Kentucky have been hampered by the devastation left behind - unable to access areas left isolated after floodwater washed away bridges and inundated communities, with even more rainfall forecast for Monday.
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