{O/C} Kentucky, which was struck by merciless floods over the weekend, is now rehabilitating amid word of more torrential rains.
The death toll has climbed to 28 as authorities scramble to provide food and shelter for the thousands displaced.
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This is the detritus of last weekend's deadly floods.
But the unrelenting rains aren't done just yet. Up to three more inches of rain rendered parts of Kentucky an inundated wasteland
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amid hundreds of gargantuan rescues via helicopters.
Now, at least 28 have perished, and the death toll is expected to burgeon.
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ANDY BESHEAR, Kentucky Governor:
We've been devastated by historic floodings in eastern Kentucky.
We do know of additional bodies that have been recovered, but we cannot confirm those deaths at this time.
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Plus, major infrastructure damage is twisting the knife in Kentucky's wound.
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We have hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, hundreds of people displaced. But we are moving, and moving fast.
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This as thirty-seven people remain missing.
A dozen shelters are open to flood victims in Kentucky with 388 occupants.
The marauding floodwaters never spared the cultural center of Appalshop. That's where some of the region's sacred history was chronicled.
The governor vowed to foot the funeral bills as he toured the pulverised region.
As residents batten down the hatches for brewing rainstorms yet to materialize, they admitted the floods trampled on the state already bleeding following the deadly floods last weekend.
But some say they've nothing to lose.
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TERESA TURNER, Watts, Kentucky Resident:
It doesn't bother me because there's nothing else left for us to lose. We've lost four houses, a couple of vehicles, all our farm equipment. I mean, technically, there's nothing else left for us to lose.
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Still, the predicament rallied support from around the nation. Seventy trailers purchased during last year's tornadoes will now house the homeless.
When asked if climate change played a factor, the governor says providing for victims comes first.
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The reason you haven't heard me talk about something that I believe in is that we got hundreds, if not thousands, of people with nothing at the moment.
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The wicked floods were the second major natural disaster to intimidate Kentucky seven months after a battery of tornadoes slaughtered nearly 80 in western Kentucky.
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