<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In the United States, at least 25 people have been killed in a devastating flash flood in the Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said, he expected the death toll to continue to rise. He said hundreds of homes and businesses had been flooded. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">President Joe Biden has declared the floods "a major disaster" and ordered federal aid to help local rescuers. Representatives from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency arrived on Friday to assist local rescue efforts. Among the dead are at least six children, including a one-year-old.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After an aerial tour with the National Guard, Mr Beshear said the flood was "by far the worst" he had seen. He said they are going to do their best to find them all. He warned that it could take weeks to find all the victims. Hundreds of people have been rescued by boat or helicopter. Some areas reported more than 20 centimeters of rain in a 24-hour period. Scientists say climate change is triggering more extreme weather events like the Kentucky flooding.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">There is widespread poverty in affected areas, where at least 33,000 people now have no electricity. The flooding – after torrential rain – caused mudslides and made roads impassable. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>