Mud, Rain, Debris, Hamper Search for Kentucky Flood Victims

As the Johnson family dug through the wreckage where their trailers once stood, they found a mud-soaked box of family photos, cherished heirlooms and a tiny porcelain statue of Jesus, but not what they were looking for.
34-year old Scott Johnson was swept away two days ago, trying to save his grandmother as a flash flood Monday ravaged this rural eastern Kentucky community.
He is still missing. Three others are confirmed dead, and the fate of four more remains uncertain. Families reported them missing, but they could be stranded in their homes, without power or phone service.
Rescue teams are slogging through knee-deep mud, door-to-door, across the rugged Appalachian terrain, painting orange "X''s on each structure they search. Desperate families roam the banks of the swollen creek, looking for their lost loved ones.