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Rescue crews from across Kentucky are searching for missing flood victims

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In eastern Kentucky, search and rescue crews continue the painstaking² job of looking for victims of flash flooding. More than three dozen people have died and the death toll³ is expected to go higher.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

More than three dozen people have died in the flash flooding that hit parts of eastern Kentucky. Karyn Czar of member station WUKY spent the day yesterday with a search team and brings us this report.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: 10-38 (inaudible).

KARYN CZAR, BYLINE⁴: These men and women have been working nonstop since Thursday. Each morning, plans for the day are coordinated⁵. Captain Greg Watts⁶ with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife gives each group its mission.

GREG WATTS: Load a UTV when you go out. Come back, if you have to, that way. And if you need additional stuff, let me know. We will get it back down there to you. That way, you can stay on task.

CZAR: Cell service is spotty at best in this rural and mountainous part of Kentucky. Fish and Wildlife officers Kyle Clark and Dakota Turner are going into areas that had been unreachable until the floodwaters receded⁷. They're looking for people who are listed as missing and taking supplies to those who want to stay in their homes. The crew's truck is loaded with food and water. Turner is at the wheel, as Clark navigates⁸ the winding⁹ backroads and hills of central Appalachia. At their first stop, an hour away, they find loose dogs and wandering livestock¹⁰.

(SOUNDBITE OF DOGS BARKING)

CZAR: There are four mobile homes along a winding gravel¹¹ drive. The team goes door to door.

(SOUNDBITE OF KNOCKING)

CZAR: They find a woman living in one home who says she's safe and wants to stay. The next address on the list is on the other side of the county, which means crossing a rugged¹² mountain, jostling through potholes¹³ and avoiding several mudslides and debris¹⁴. At the next stop, the missing man we're looking for isn't home. But his neighbor, Stella Campbell, gives Officer Clark some good news.

STELLA CAMPBELL: Yeah, he's OK.

KYLE CLARK: OK. Somebody called in - said they hadn't been able to talk to him or anything.

CAMPBELL: 'Cause we have no electric, no internet, no nothing.

CLARK: I know, but some - one of his family members, I guess, had called...

CAMPBELL: Yeah. He's good 'cause he just went out to the holler.

CZAR: For the next nine hours, Officer Clark and Turner monitor radio chatter¹⁵ and drive endlessly.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: That's 10-4. Can you check on him?

CZAR: They crisscross five counties, and they're just one of several dozen rescue crews doing this same thing right now. As the water recedes¹⁶, Turner says there are major challenges to reaching Kentuckians who haven't been able to get help yet from the flooding.

DAKOTA TURNER: We got places it's going to take several months just to get roads to access into the areas. There's no power. There's no cellphone signals in most of these places. So people don't know if their family's alive or not - if so, what kind of shape they're in.

CZAR: Stop after stop, this crew finds missing people alive and well. You can feel the relief. Then a report of a victim found by another team comes in, and a heaviness returns for both Turner and Clark.

TURNER: Something you'll deal with the rest of your life. It's just - you just get used to doing it at this point.

CLARK: You just kind of block it all out. Somebody's got to do it. So we're - that's what we're here for as first responders.

CZAR: While there is grief for the newest confirmed loss, Clark focuses on the positive.

CLARK: It's always good whenever you can go to their house and mark somebody's name off the list. And you find out that they actually got out.

CZAR: Turner, who has found seven bodies so far, says he'll keep searching for the missing.

TURNER: Even though we did clear the list we had today, there's still a list of people still missing.

CZAR: So he says he'll keep going out and do whatever he can to help.

For NPR News, I'm Karyn Czar in Hazard, Ky.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 painstaking   

adj.苦干的；艰苦的，费力的，刻苦的

参考例句：

• She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明，但肯下苦功夫。
• Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力，才取得今天的成绩。

3 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 watts   

（电力计量单位）瓦，瓦特( watt的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• My lamp uses 60 watts; my toaster uses 600 watts. 我的灯用60瓦，我的烤面包器用600瓦。
• My lamp uses 40 watts. 我的灯40瓦。

7 receded   

v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
• The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

8 navigates   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的第三人称单数 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• Dolpins also navigates by some kind of echo system. 原来海豚也是借助某种回声系统寻向的。 来自辞典例句
• Navigates in menus, lists, choice screens and into edited texts. 可以操纵菜单、列表、屏幕选项和进入编辑文本。 来自互联网

9 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

10 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

11 gravel   

n.砂跞；砂砾层；结石

参考例句：

• We bought six bags of gravel for the garden path.我们购买了六袋碎石用来铺花园的小路。
• More gravel is needed to fill the hollow in the drive.需要更多的砾石来填平车道上的坑洼。

12 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

13 potholes   

n.壶穴( pothole的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Potholes are also home to tiny desert animals. 洞穴也是弱小动物的家。 来自互联网
• If you're going to enjoy the good times, you've certainly got to deal with some potholes. 如果要享受甜美的胜利果实，当然要应付这些战绩不佳的指责压力。 来自互联网

14 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

15 chatter   

vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战

参考例句：

• Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
• I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。

16 recedes   

v.逐渐远离( recede的第三人称单数 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• For this reason the near point gradually recedes as one grows older. 由于这个原因，随着人渐渐变老，近点便逐渐后退。 来自辞典例句
• Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness. 缄默的、悲哀的、被抛弃的、支离破碎的捷克斯洛伐克，已在黑暗之中。 来自辞典例句