More than 400 National Guardsmen have been deployed across the disaster area, and the death toll remains at 37, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.
Kirsten Gomez, right, cries to her family member Kathy Hall, left, after what she calls a quiet moment to reflect on what her family has gone through in the aftermath of massive flooding, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Hindman, Ky. – For days, a search-and-rescue team led by Phillip Dix has combed debris-clogged creekbanks looking for survivors in. His crew is used to the stifling heat and humidity but is laboring under the grind of 12-hour days spent pulling people from danger.
“It’s a job to us, but talking to the local people, that kind of brings it down to the human level, which our guys have to deal with,” Dix said Wednesday. “You can’t just turn that switch off when you’re talking to someone who’s lost everything they had.”, rescue missions were winding down while supplies continued pouring into what looms as a massive relief effort for people whose homes were destroyed. Some escaped the fast-rising waters with only the clothes on their backs.
“The guys are tired,” Dix said from Knott County, where his crew resumed their mission on foot and boats."So you’ve got to watch them, make sure they’re hydrated more than usual.”Dix's team rescued 16 people during one two-day stretch, he said. The rescued had no cell service, no electricity, no way to get through the high water and some were running short of food. The team reunited families, but also found two bodies in creeks strewn with debris and downed trees.
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