The death toll from last week ’ s severe weather in Kentucky has risen to 21, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Saturday. The state was hit with deadly flooding amid freezing temperatures last weekend, which continued to devastate the central Plains as another storm system brought more heavy snow and wind.

During the briefing, Beshear referred to the flooding as a "painful, difficult disaster" and reiterated how this was one of the worst disasters to hit Kentucky in years as the death total has risen to 22.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says weather-related deaths have risen to 15 after recent flooding as rescue efforts begin to come to an end.

Governor Andy Beshear reported another death related to severe weather Saturday night, bringing the death toll to 21. The latest death was a man in Logan County. At least seven of the deaths have been in Eastern Kentucky.

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Gov. Andy Beshear and Eric Gibson, director of Kentucky Emergency Management, are holding a news conference Monday morning to give an update on the flooding and severe weather aftermath that has taken the lives of 21 people.