The governor said Sunday that state police are still taking calls from “loved ones that can’t connect with those that they are worried about.”
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday that officials will be “finding bodies for weeks” in the wake of flooding that devastated the state last week.
The death toll from the storms that caused flash flooding on Thursday had reached at least 26, including six children—four of which came from the same family.
He added that the death toll as of Sunday morning is currently at 26, but that he knows “of several additional bodies and we know it’s going to grow.”
“With the level of water, we’re going to be finding bodies for weeks, many of them swept hundreds of yards, maybe a quarter mile plus from where they were lost,” the governor said, who added that state police are still taking calls from “loved ones that can’t connect with those that they are worried about.
