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(29 Jul 2022)
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Jackson, Kentucky - 29 July 2022
1. Patricia Colombo talking to neighbor: UPSOUND (English): "Well, glad, your house was okay. You'll manage it."
HEADLINE: Woman recounts rescue from severe floods
2. Homes separated by creek of floodwater
ANNOTATION: Trapped homeowners swam to safety and others were rescued as record flash flooding killed at least 16 people in eastern Kentucky.
3. Stadium scoreboard surrounded by floodwater
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Patricia Colombo, Jackson Resident:
"There was a long stretch in the street of water. But I thought it was only about two or three inches, and I could go slowly through it. And I landed in the middle. My car stopped, stalled out, and then I didn't know what to do. I just kind of went into a panic. Probably about a minute, two minutes at the max, water start flooding into my car."
5. Fire hydrant surrounded by floodwater
ANNOTATION: Patricia Colombo was one of hundreds rescued Thursday. Officials say the water was so swift that some people couldn't be immediately reached.
6. Football field submerged in rushing floodwaters
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Patricia Colombo, Jackson Resident:
"But I thought,'I'm going to have to swim.' And I didn't know what to do. Honestly, I didn't. I didn't have anybody to talk to. My phone was dead to kind of calm me down. The helicopter flying over me - I knew that wasn't good. All hands were on deck."
8. Rushing floodwaters
ANNOTATION: Rescue teams backed by the National Guard used helicopters and boats to search for the missing but some areas were still inaccessible.
9. Street sign with street underwater
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Patricia Colombo, Jackson Resident:
"The helicopter came down about three feet from my car, and I knew that they knew they were going to help me, so then I guess they radioed the response team and they came in their four-wheeler. They only came half way, and then they walked in three foot of water to come get me and my bags."
11. House surrounded by water
ANNOTATION: Heavy rain continued to pound the region Friday and authorities warned the death toll would likely grow sharply.
12. Family walking through low floodwaters to get inside home
ANNOTATION: Some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday.
STORYLINE:
Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard are searching flooded Appalachian communities for missing people.
Patricia Colombo was one of those people rescued after her car flooded while she was trying to drive home Thursday.
"My car stopped, stalled out, and then I didn't know what to do. I just kind of went into a panic. Probably about a minute, two minutes at the max, water start flooding into my car," she said.
Record floods have wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.
Kentucky's governor said 16 people have died, a toll he expects to grow as the rain keeps falling.
"The tough news is 16 confirmed fatalities now, and folks that's going to get a lot higher," the governor said during a late-morning briefing. He said the deaths were in four eastern Kentucky counties.
The Kentucky River crested six feet above its previous record.
Entire towns that hug creeks and streams in narrow valleys were swallowed up.
The water swept vehicles into useless piles, crunched runaway equipment against bridges and swamped homes and businesses.
Mudslides on steep slopes have left many people marooned and without power, making rescues difficult.
AP Video by Dylan Lovan

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