{"id":274864,"date":"2022-08-01T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T04:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=274864"},"modified":"2022-08-01T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T04:01:55","slug":"death-toll-in-kentucky-floods-rises-to-25-governor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/death-toll-in-kentucky-floods-rises-to-25-governor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll in Kentucky floods rises to 25, governor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>torrential rains<br \/>\n WASHINGTON<br \/>\nAt least 25 people, including four children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are expected, the state\u2019s governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is still an emergency situation,\u201d Beshear told reporters. \u201cWe are in search and rescue mode. Again, that count is going to continue to go up.\u201d<br \/>\nHeavy rains of 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) pounded the region from Wednesday into Thursday, sweeping through homes, washing out roads and pushing rivers over their banks. While the region\u2019s steep hillsides and narrow valleys make it prone to flooding, experts are also blaming climate change.<br \/>\nThe floods were the second major national disaster to strike Kentucky in seven months, following a swarm of tornadoes that claimed nearly 80 lives in the western part of the state in December. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>torrential rains WASHINGTON At least 25 people, including four children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are expected, the state\u2019s governor Andy Beshear said on Saturday. \u201cThis is still an emergency situation,\u201d Beshear told reporters. \u201cWe are in search and rescue mode. 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