Rescuers search for survivors after deadly floods in Kentucky

Homes were flooded near Quicksand, Kentucky (Ryan Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

Rescue teams backed by the US National Guard are searching for people missing in record floods that have wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America.

Kentucky’s governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to rise as the rain keeps falling.