PHOTOS: Impact of Kentucky floods

The Appalachian flooding in Kentucky has caused major damage in some of the poorest areas in America. According to the Associated Press, the damage include creeks and streams in Appalachian valleys and hollows swamping homes and businesses, trashing vehicles in useless piles and crunching runaway equipment and debris against bridges.

As a result, search and rescue teams from the National Guard were searching on Friday for people missing in the floods. Gov. Andy Beshear expects the death toll to rise as rescue teams continue to search the disaster area.

See photos of the devastation below.

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A rescue team from the Jackson Fire Department assists people out of floodwaters downtown on July 28, 2022 in Jackson, Kentucky. Storms that dropped as much as 12 inches of rain in some parts of Eastern Kentucky have caused devastating floods in some areas and have claimed at least eight lives. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

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Aerial view of homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022. – Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP)

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A home is almost completely submerged by floodwaters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022. – Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP)

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Road signs are barely visible on a road covered by floodwaters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky on July 28, 2022. – Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP)

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A group of stranded people are rescued from the flood waters of the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky on July 28, 2022. – At least eight people have died after torrential rains caused massive flooding in eastern Kentucky, leaving a number of people stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP)

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April Stivers, 38, of Lost Creek, Kentucky, takes a moment to herself in the Hazard Community & Technical College, where survivors of the major flooding in Eastern Kentucky are being taken for shelter on July 28, 2022, in Breathitt County, Kentucky. April was airlifted from her roof after her partner Chad hammered a hole in the roof to climb out. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

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Zachary Stivers, 11, of Lost Creek, Kentucky, rests on a cot in the Hazard Community & Technical College, where survivors of the major flooding in Eastern Kentucky are being taken for shelter on July 28, 2022, in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Zachary and his parents were airlifted from their roof after his father Chad hammered a hole in the roof to climb out. (Photo by Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

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A couple stands on the porch of their home flooded by the waters of the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky on July 28, 2022. At least eight people have died after torrential rains caused massive flooding in eastern Kentucky, leaving a number of people stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP)