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:

 

As extreme weather in the U.S. impacts more people--with longer heat waves, more intense rainstorms, megafires and droughts--discover how Americans are fighting back by marshaling ancient wisdom and innovating new solutions.