It's been one year since the eastern KY floods affected our region. These 2022 floods are reflective of other floods in the Appalachian highlands, described below, and we're also highlighting what people are doing about them.
A 38 minute documentary on the Eastern Kentucky floods, produced by Daily Yonder, containing interviews and first-person narratives.
Articles:
Flood Fatalities in eastern Kentucky and the Public Health Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
After Flooding, a Kentucky Church Offers Shelter Alongside Prayers
Generations Endured in Kentucky. Then, Floods
They Need Flood Relief, Not Another Prison
Other floods:
The Buffalo Creek Disaster, February 26 1972
Articles:
The June 23, 2016 floods in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
The Madison County, Virginia, Flash Flood of 27 June 1995
Weathering The Future: