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Kentucky Flooding Death Toll Rises to 15 and Is Expected to Grow

  • Surging waters have trapped people as roads wash away
  • More than 23,000 homes and businesses are without power
Buildings and homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28.
Buildings and homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28.Photographer: Leandro Lozada/AFP/Getty Images
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Kentucky’s death toll from record flooding has risen to 16 people and many more are missing as incessant rain inundates homes, washes away roads and forces residents to seek shelter on rooftops.

“We have 16 confirmed fatalities, and folks that is going to get a lot higher,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Friday in a briefing.