communities. right now, much of that is looking like using solar lamps which we actually began distributing before fiona had hit. because we knew we would lose electricity. we moved 11,000 solar lamps in the community. we continue to distribute those throughout the island. and also generators on people who rely on electricity to survive because of medical equipment that they need. many of the deaths after hurricane maria were associated for an extended period of time without electricity. so we re trying to prevent that, especially this time around. and then we re also working with network of community kitchen, where we ve been distributing food, water and cleaning supplies. which right now, we re continuing to hear from groups and the communities that we re very much still in emergency phase. and the basic needs are what people are asking to have met right now. that s really where we re focusing our efforts in the
understanding that you all started post maria. can you give us a sense of how folks on the island are doing right now? are people frustrated? and really, what is the temperature here? sure, the spanish federation actually opened a tournament office in puerto rico immediately after hurricane maria to continue to work with community based organizations in the long term recovery. to really try to prepare puerto rico for the future. as you mentioned, right now we are in an emergency phase. we have people who do not have food, do not have water, they are in a real crisis. so yes people are angry. they are frustrated. they are emotionally exhausted. not only have we gone through this hurricane, and not only are we still recovering from hurricane maria. but people often leave out that we went to earthquakes in 2020. this hurricane hit us on top of
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moments after the attack. we ll have updates throughout today. also, the death toll from the flooding in kentucky rising yet again now at 39. almost 500 people are still living in emergency shelters or state parks since these storms. the state s governor says that they are out of the emergency phase but recovery still a long way off. joining me now is the governor of kentucky, andy beshear. governor, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. 39 people are now dead from these horrible storms. you re now moving from the search mode into the very long and very difficult recovery mode. but how long do you think it is going to be in this mode until people feel like they are recovered? well, i actually see us with three phases. we ve thankfully moved out of the emergency phase where we had over 1,300 rescues where we were trying to get people in a dry place to get them food and to
morn morning. in kentucky, rescues are under way. the state is reeling from flooding that claimed 28 lives including at least four children. rescue teams are desperately searching for victims in areas that have been hard to reach. the scenes in kentucky are horrific. floodwaters lifting homes off foundations. more than 50 bridges washed away. with the level of water, we re going to be looking at weeks. many houses swept quarter mile plus from where they were lost. water, a big problem with some of these areas. power. when we get over the rain, it s going to be really hot in the next week. so we re still in an emergency phase. let s go now to evan mcmorris