At least 25 deaths have been confirmed in a historic flash flooding event in eastern Kentucky.
A school bus was destroyed in the flooding of Lost Creek. The photo was taken byTimothy D.
The number is likely to increase according to Beshear.
After a storm system dumped more than 10 inches of rain on parts of eastern Kentucky, the rain stopped Friday morning.
Beshear said earlier this week that hundreds of homes will be lost in eastern Kentucky, one of the most impoverished areas of the United States.
Many roads are closed because of washed out bridges.
According to Power Outage.US, more than 18,000 people are without power in Kentucky.
President Joe Biden declared a major disaster after Beshear activated the National Guard. The deaths of two people in flash flooding in the St. Louis area this week were caused by record-setting rain totals. Climate scientists warn that extreme weather is becoming commonplace as global temperatures increase, as record-breaking heat waves have been the norm across much of the country recently.
There will be more rain in eastern Kentucky starting Sunday and continuing into early next week, but there won't be any storms that will make the flooding worse.
The latest bout of extreme U.S. weather includes flash floods.
The death toll from Kentucky flooding is expected to rise.
There are almost 50 million under heat warnings across the United States.
It is possible that part of the park may stay closed for a long time after the floods.
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