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Kentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: burying the dead

River mud covers sports trophies after massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that several people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Piles of debris and mud covering a road are seen after massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) An American flag is folded and covered in mud after massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that several people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A trailer home was swept away by massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, near Lost Creek, Ky. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that several people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) River mud covers sports trophies after massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that several people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Piles of debris and mud covering a road are seen after massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) An American flag is folded and covered in mud after massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that several people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) A trailer home was swept away by massive flooding on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, near Lost Creek, Ky. As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that several people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, stands near where her grandmother's, Nellie Mae Howard, 82, "Mammaw" house use to be for the first time on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. Her home was swept away. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) The remains of where Nellie Mae Howard's, 82, "Mammaw" house use to be on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. Her home was swept away. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Trees fell down the hill onto a power line after massive flooding on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Lost Creek, Ky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, reacts as she stands near her grandmother's, Nellie Mae Howard, 82, "Mammaw" house for the first time on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. Her home was swept away. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, reacts as she drives by her grandmother's, Nellie Mae Howard, 82, "Mammaw" house for the first time on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. Her home was swept away. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, stands near where her grandmother's, Nellie Mae Howard, 82, "Mammaw" house use to be for the first time on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. Her home was swept away. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, visits her grandmother's, Nellie Mae Howard, 82, "Mammaw" grave on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, left, embraces her mother Patricia Collins, 58, right, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Collins was badly injured in massive flooding. Bruising all over her body, kidney failure, and a stick punctured through her lip. Campbell says they lost her grandmother in the same house as Collins. Campbell says that her mother and grandmother were both standing on a table as the water swept them both away. Collins survived with injuries while her mother Nellie Mae Howard, died in the flood. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, visits her grandmother's, Nellie Mae Howard, 82, "Mammaw" grave on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Howard died in massive flooding. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Homes lean against each other after massive flooding swept them away on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. The black car and couch is where Patricia Collins, 58, was pinned as water rushed around her. Her daughter Angel Campbell, says the tail light was flashing and the reason for her mothers rescue. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Angel Campbell, 37, left, embraces her mother Patricia Collins, 58, right, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Chavies, Ky. Collins was badly injured in massive flooding. Campbell says they lost her grandmother in the same house as Collins. Campbell says that her mother and grandmother were both standing on a table as the water swept them both away. Collins survived with injuries while her mother Nellie Mae Howard, died in the flood. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Kentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: burying the dead