Flooding threat lingers in Kentucky as deadly winter storm continues to bring strong winds and heavy snow to Eastern US

A deadly coast-to-coast winter storm sweeping across the United States this weekend continues to threaten parts of the South, Midwest and Northeast with more flooding, widespread strong winds, and heavy snow.

A deadly coast-to-coast winter storm, that swept across the United States this weekend continues to threaten parts of the South, Midwest and Northeast with more flooding, as life-threatening cold air moves into the Central US. The weekend weather system, which flooded parts of California late last week, brought dangerous conditions to several states Saturday night into Sunday morning, including Kentucky, where at least nine died as frigid flood waters reached historic highs in some areas, officials in the state have said. Another person died in Georgia, an official there said. Although the storm has moved further East, severe weather will “continue for several more days,” said Kentucky Emergency Management Director Eric Gibson on Sunday. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear also warned of continued flooding, including riverbank flooding, in coming days. “We’re going to be experiencing widespread flooding for at least another 24 hours, if not more,” Beshear told CNN on Sunday afternoon. On Friday, Beshear declared a state of emergency for Kentucky ahead of the storm and on Sunday thanked President Donald Trump for approving a federal disaster declaration, making federal aid funding available to impacted areas, including search and rescue operations which will also persist throughout the commonwealth, Beshear noted. “We are in an emergency search and rescue mode,” Beshear told CNN Sunday. “We will be throughout the rest of today and probably through at least tomorrow.”