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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has sent aid to Kentucky following severe flash flooding that killed at least eight people over the weekend.

Much of the commonwealth remains under flood watches or warnings Sunday morning after some areas received more than 6 inches of rain within a 48-hour period.

An accident killed three mules in a crew that trekked in crucial supplies after Helene left areas throughout Western North Carolina inaccessible.

A deadly weekend storm that flooded the "entire state" of Kentucky, the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic has killed at least 14 people as rescuers face another weather system Tuesday.

Storms have overwhelmed the state in recent years. On top of the floods, snow is expected soon. Sheets of rain drenched Kentucky in recent days, causing floods that turned roads and neighborhoods into rivers in a part of the country that has been pummeled by severe weather in recent years.

Over 1,000 people have been rescued across the state, the governor said. In Louisville, crews have conducted over 30 rescues in the flash flooding, Mayor Craig Greenberg said. One storm-related death was also reported in Georgia. The storm dumped over 8 inches of rain in Kentucky and Tennessee, and 5 inches of rain in Virginia.

Extreme winter weather has swept across the southeast of the country in recent days, with more disruptions likely.