Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman On Flood Recovery Efforts

Coleman says the state's police, National Guard and Fish and Wildlife rescue teams have conducted 1,300 rescue missions so far and are still going.

Floods have ravaged parts of Eastern Kentucky, leaving 37 residents dead. Gov. Andy Beshear expects that death toll to rise as recovery efforts continue. However, there have been some 1,300 rescue missions so far and more are in progress. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman spoke with Newsy's "Morning Rush" to discuss the disasters that have hit the state and how the state can cope in the future as climate change could bring more and more trouble.

NEWSY'S ALEX LIVINGSTON: Thank you so much for joining us today. It's such a pleasure to have you on. But what is the latest on the situation in Eastern Kentucky that you can tell us? 

LT. GOV. JACQUELINE COLEMAN: Well, thank you so much for having me and thank you for bringing attention to such a terrible tragedy going on in the eastern part of our state right now. As of this morning, we still have 37 confirmed deaths in Kentucky so far. As the governor says every time he is able to talk to Kentuckians, we expect that number to continue to rise as the waters recede. We are still in search-and-rescue mode. We have the National Guard, we have support coming in from West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee and our National Guard, our K.S.P.  and our Fish and Wildlife professionals have conducted 1,300 rescue missions so far and they are still going.