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Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky, pledges more US help

President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, right, and Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., left, view flood damage, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky., where a bus floated into a building. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, second right, and Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., third right, view flood damage, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky., where a bus floated into a building. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden participates in a briefing at Marie Roberts Elementary School about the ongoing response efforts to devastating flooding, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. From left are Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Biden, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden participates in a briefing at Marie Roberts Elementary School about the ongoing response efforts to devastating flooding, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. From left are Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Biden, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are greeted by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, right, and his wife Britainy Beshear, as they arrive at Wendell H. Ford Airport Landing Zone, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Chavies, Ky (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are greeted by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, right, and his wife Britainy Beshear, as they arrive at Wendell H. Ford Airport Landing Zone, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Chavies, Ky (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Kentucky to view flood damage, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Kentucky to view flood damage, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, walk to board Air Force One for a trip to Kentucky to view flood damage, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, walk to board Air Force One for a trip to Kentucky to view flood damage, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) FILE - A camper is seen partly submerged under water in Carr Creek Lake on Aug. 3, 2022, near Hazard, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) FILE - A bridge along KY-3351 over Troublesome Creek near Ary in Perry County, Ky., remains damaged Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, following flooding the week before that devastated many counties in Eastern Kentucky. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File) FILE - Damage from flooding is visible at Isom IGA in Isom, Ky., Aug. 1, 2022. The grocery store was ravaged by historic floods last week, and the store's inventory was spoiled by the flood waters. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, File)