A small town in Kentucky. Efforts to help Kentucky residents hit by recent flooding were hampered by the arrival of more heavy rains.
There were flash flood warnings for at least eight eastern Kentucky counties. According to the National Weather Service, there was up to 4 inches of rain in some areas on Sunday.
The death toll from last week's storms rose to 26 on Sunday, and it could take weeks to find all the victims, according to Beshear.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said as many as 37 people were missing. In Kentucky, there were 12 shelters open for flood victims.
About 400 people have been saved by a National Guard helicopter. He estimated that the guard had saved close to 20 people from hard to access areas.
The fast arrival of FEMA trailers was praised by Beshear at a news conference.
"We have a lot of bridges that are out and it's hard to get to people and get water," he said. We have a lot of water systems that are down.
It will be hard to have a solid number on those accounted for, even a week from now, according to Beshear. Some of the areas have a firm number of how many people were living there in the first place.
The governor talked about how people in Kentucky are helping each other.
Beshear said that many people who have lost everything are giving goods to other people in their neighborhoods to make sure they are ok.
A 17 year old girl who lives in Whitesburg put her dog in a plastic container and swam 70 yards to a neighbor's roof to survive the flooding of her home. A relative in a kayak moved them to safety after waiting hours until the sun came up.
Terry Adams said in a post that his daughter is fine. Everything except what matters most was lost.
A crew cleared debris from storefronts in downtown Hindman on a cloudy morning. There was a vehicle that was upside down in Troublesome Creek.
The workers toiled through the mud.
Tom Jackson is one of the workers.
Jackson is the city's recycling director and he is from Kentucky.
The mud and debris was so thick that they were able to clear one-eighth of a mile of the road. The water was so strong that it bent road signs.
Jackson said he hadn't seen water like this before.
There was a decrease in attendance for the Sunday morning service. Parishioners who usually don't miss a service were instead cleaning up after the floods.
Mike Caudill said his church has pitched in to help the community, serving meals and setting up tents for people to pick up cleaning and personal hygiene supplies
The front porch of a retired teacher's house was cluttered with bags of clothes and photos.
She and her husband were able to take family photos.
Her husband's wallet, which he lost as they fled the fast-rising water, was later found.
She said that she has people taking care of her.
Over the course of 48 hours, parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 inches. Thousands of utility customers in Kentucky were without power.
Relief money was directed to more than a dozen Kentucky counties by the president.
The governor of West Virginia declared a state of emergency for six southern counties and the governor of Virginia did the same.
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Raby was reporting from Charleston. Kevin McGill is a writer for the Associated Press.
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