Kentucky floods kill at least 16 as governor warns toll will be “a lot higher”

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UPDATED ON: JULY 29, 2022 / 7:22 PM / CBS/AP

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Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.Kentucky‘s governor said at least 16 people have died, a toll he expected to grow.

Gov. Andy Beshear said at least six children were among the victims.

“That’s hard,” the governor told reporters during a briefing Friday afternoon. “That’s even harder for those families and those communities, so keep praying. There’s still a lot of people out there, still a lot of people unaccounted for. We’re going to do our best to find them all.”

Beshear said earlier Friday the death toll was “going to get a lot higher.” He said later officials may be updating the number of fatalities “for the next several weeks.”

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