"We expect double-digit deaths": Gov. Andy Beshear addresses flooding, power outages in eastern Kentucky
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Rescue workers plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water Thursday in central Appalachia, where torrential rains unleashed what Kentucky's governor described as some of the worst flooding in the state's history, claiming lives in its wake and leaving multiple people missing, according to CBS affiliate WKYT.
One emergency official in hard-hit eastern Kentucky described the situation as "catastrophic" as water rescue crews searched for stranded people. Gov. Andy Beshear said hundreds of properties could be destroyed.
"What we're going to see coming out of this is massive property damage," Beshear said during a briefing Thursday. "We expect the loss of life. Hundreds will lose their homes and this is going to be yet another event that it's going to take not months but likely years for many families to rebuild and recover from."
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.