( CNN ) -- Waters were receding Sunday as rescue crews conducted searches in the aftermath of flash flooding in eastern Kentucky that killed at least two people , a top county official said . Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne Rutherford confirmed the two fatalities Sunday , and estimated that 200 homes in the area were damaged or destroyed . Earlier in the day , another Pike County official , Charles Maynard , told CNN that there were three fatalities -- two males and one female . The names and details of the incidents were not immediately released , pending notification of family members . Rutherford said the county will send nine assessment teams Monday to gauge damage so a report could be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for assistance . Several major roads and bridges in in the area were damaged , he said . Crews in Pike County worked throughout the night in boats to rescue people from homes after flash flooding in the area , officials said . `` Raccoon Creek in Pike County is probably the hardest hit , '' Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett said . `` It 's pretty much all devastation in that area and I think most of the mobile homes are n't there anymore , and some homes were completely washed away . '' Crews started door-to-door searches and welfare checks in the Appalachian county to look for anyone that may be injured or needs to be evacuated , and to make sure families are accounted for , Tackett said . There was no specific number of missing people , Maynard said , but searches in the Raccoon Creek area continued . About 5,000 people were affected , and there were a number of high water rescues and several evacuations , Tackett said . `` I know there were some people taken from cars in swift water , and a few folks were taken from roofs of their homes or from windows to be removed from their homes , '' Tackett said . As the water began to recede , the county faced another problem : One of the major water intake plants in the county was damaged and unusable . `` It looks like about 4,000 customers will be without water for about a week , so we 're setting up distribution centers for folk to make sure they have drinking water , '' Tackett said . CNN 's Rick Vincent and John Branch contributed to this report .
NEW : three people are confirmed dead . Rains Monday result in flash flooding in Kentucky , Pike County . Rescue crews worked throughout Earlier in the day to rescue people from homes . The Raccoon Creek area was the hardest hit .