At least 16 people are believed to have died after tornadoes, heavy rain and flash flooding battered parts of the South and Midwest in the United States. Among them was a 9-year-old boy, who was swept away while walking to a school bus stop in Kentucky on April 4.

Much of central and western Kentucky were already experiencing flooding Friday. Some of the region could soon see an additional half-foot of rain.

Kentucky remains in the throes of deadly flooding from a severe storm system that has dumped torrential rain over the state since Wednesday. The continued significant levels of rainfall have resulted in historic flooding in some areas.

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A 9-year-old Kentucky boy who died in floodwaters while walking to catch his school bus is being remembered by his teacher as the “sweetest, kindest boy.”

In the hours before he died, 9-year-old Gabriel Andrews woke up before dawn Friday to catch his school bus on the last day of school before spring break.

A four-day, once-in-a-generation weather event is pounding the middle of the U.S. with destructive tornadoes and life-threatening flooding.