LEXINGTON, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday confirmed that the death toll surrounding the catastrophic floods in Eastern Kentucky now sits at 15.
“That number is going to grow, probably to more than double,” Beshear said. “We know some of the loss will include children, we may have even lost entire families.”
An exact location of those deaths is not immediately known, but there have been seven confirmed deaths in Knott County and one in Perry County. In Clay County, Brian Jackson, deputy director of Clay County Emergency Management said law enforcement agencies are responding to two “probable” drowning deaths, but those have not been confirmed.
