The White House recently took aim at climate change after US President Joe Biden arrived in Kentucky on Monday to survey the flooding that killed at least 37 people last week.
In the recent press conference, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that the flooding was another sign that climate change is exacerbating natural disasters.
On Monday afternoon, Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to sit with Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear..
The president and governor will also gather with the families who were affected by the flash flooding, which has destroyed homes en-masse.
“The floods in Kentucky and extreme weather all around the country are yet another reminder of the intensifying and accelerated impacts of climate change and the urgent need to invest in making our communities more resilient to it,” Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force Once during the flight to Kentucky.
Moreover, following the tragic disaster, Beshear deployed more than 400 National Guardsmen to the affected region.
Meanwhile, the residents who had lost their homes have had little respite in the days as the state suffers 100-degree weather and skyrocketing humidity.
According to the reports, at the time of writing, first responders have rescued 1,300 people amid the debris of washed-away towns.
Last week, President Biden then declared the flooding a federal disaster. He also gave the state access to federal resources to pay for rescue and rehabilitation efforts.
On Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that more bodies had been found overnight during a media conference.
“Let us pray for these families and come together to wrap our arms around our fellow Kentuckians,” he said, and later warned that more isolated storms would impact the region.
The governor also warned that high winds could bring the threat of “falling trees and utility poles, and that coming dangerous heat could complicate efforts.”
“Listen, I know you may be out there working to salvage whatever you can, but be really careful. Wednesday and Thursday, when it gets hot, we’re bringing in water by the truckloads,” he added.
In the data released by tracker PowerOutage.US, over 10,000 customers in Kentucky remained without power and more than 21,000 in Indiana after storms tracked through the Hoosier State on Tuesday morning.
