Appalachia residents begin clean-up after deadly floods

A man removes mud and debris from a home following flooding at Ogden Hollar in Hindman, Kentucky (Timothy D Easley/AP)

Some residents of Appalachia returned to flood-ravaged homes and communities on Saturday to shovel mud and debris and to salvage what they could, while Kentucky’s governor said search and rescue operations were continuing after the region was swamped by torrential rain that led to deadly flash flooding.

Rescue crews were struggling to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America. Dozens of deaths have been confirmed and the number is expected to grow.