and the rain continues, a flood watch is in effect for southern and eastern kentucky. the floodwaters, you see the devastation there. the floodwaters lifting homes off their foundations, washing them away. the governor and the people of eastern kentucky just reeling from the sheer scope of this tragedy. a lot of people are still trapped up in there, going on three days now, no food, no water. i take what i can on the atvs, a lot of other people are doing the same thing. the house is gone. they just washed away. we don t know how many is missing at this point. we know that there are bodies that we are still processing. and when you see the devastation of this flooding that have carried houses hundreds of yards, if not more, we know we ll still be finding people sadly in the days to come. as we mentioned, still some concerns about the forecast. let s get the latest forecast for the region. any relief in sight? reporter: it looks like on tuesday we get relief here. unf
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