The water began to fill the mobile home of Amber Smith and her husband, Riley Noble, early Thursday morning, and they had only minutes to get their children dressed and escape.
The bodies of all their children were found in the afternoon.
The deadly Kentucky floods have killed at least 25 people as of Saturday.
Smith's cousin told the New York Times that the couple got a flash flood alert at 2 a.m. on Thursday and within moments the family had climbed to the top of their trailer to wait out the flood.
As their home was about to be washed away, the parents held on tight to their children and managed to float to a nearby tree where they yelled for help, Smith told her.
The children were swept away by the current even though Smith and Noble held on to them.
The kids were taken out of their hands by the water.
After eight hours, strangers rescued the parents who were stuck at the tree.
The family had to wait for their other missing children after one of them was found dead. The bodies of all four people were found on Friday.
The family was very close.
Steven Smith told the Times that the bodies of Riley and Chance were the closest to each other.
Steven Smith said he knew they hung on to each other.
More than $38,000 has been raised on a gofundme created by trejo She shared a text message from Smith, who said, "Thank you all from the bottom of my heart."
Search and rescue missions are continuing and the death toll will continue to rise according to Gov. Beshear.
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