Rescue workers searching for missing people in flood-stricken Kentucky have been hampered by the devastation left behind -- unable to access areas left isolated after floodwater washed away bridges and inundated communities.
, and with the ground already saturated, more rain could bring yet more flooding.
Overnight Monday into Tuesday morning, the area could see a line of heavier rain and the chance for severe thunderstorms with a threat of damaging winds and more flash flooding. Power outages and storm damage left 22 water systems operating in a limited capacity, a Sunday news release from the governor's office said. More than 60,000 water service connections are either without water or under a boil advisory, it said.
The federal government has approved relief funding for several counties. FEMA is also accepting individual disaster assistance applications from impacted renters and homeowners in Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Letcher and Perry counties, the governor said, noting he thinks more counties will be added to the list as damage assessments continue.
, held archival footage and film strips dating as far back as the 1940s, holding the stories and voices of the region's people. Employees and volunteers were racing to preserve as much material as they could.
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