A photo shows the devastation that Kentucky residents are experiencing as floods continue to ravage the state.
Mae Amburgey, 98, was seen sitting in the wreckage of her home with her belongings floating around her. It was a horrifying image. While clinging to a cushion, she and her son were saved by the good Samaritans.
“My grandmother had to swim out of her home to the safety of boats waiting outside of her house to help her,” Amburgey’s granddaughter wrote GoFundMe campaign. “The swim was a bit hairy, and she was carried downstream a bit, before being rescued. She and her son, who swam with her, are recovering in the hospital.”
As of Tuesday, more than $13,000 of the family’s $25,000 Amburgey had been raisedThe patient remains in hospital with pneumonia. “but is in good spirits all things considered,”According to her family, “Her house is a total mess and like so many from the area, she may not have flood insurance. Any help would be greatly appreciated. She has never lived outside of Ermine, Ky and would very much like to stay at home,”She wrote it for her granddaughter.
Kentucky has seen at least 30 deaths due to rising flood waters. They include four siblings who were swept out of their parents’ arms after clinging to a tree for hours.
Children aged just 8 years, 5, 4, and 2 years drowned following their parents’ death. Identified by NBC 29Amber Smith and Riley Noble were both notified by Knott County officials of a flash flooding warning on Thursday morning. Their trailer eventually floated away, but the parents were able to flee with their children.
They tried to hold on to a nearby tree but the water was too strong and they were all swept away.
The bodies of Chance 2, Nevaeh 4, Riley Jr., 6, Madison, 8 and Chance, 2 were discovered the next day.
“We’ve got at least six dead children, and that’s hard,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke.
He believes that recovery crews are a good idea. “going to be finding bodies for weeks.”It is believed that many victims were swept under the carpet. “hundreds of yards, maybe a quarter-mile plus from where they were last,”He stated.