Last week, Kentucky faced multiple floods, resulting in mass destruction and death. Firefighters and National Guards have been busy in eastern Kentucky, rescuing hundreds of people from the deadly waters. A series of recent natural disasters, such as tornadoes and flash flooding, have left the people of Kentucky in disarray.
There have been 26 deaths from the floods, with many citizens still missing. The actual number of casualties could take weeks to figure out. The places hit hardest by the floods were counties near the Appalachian region, with 14 dead in Knott County and four in Breathitt.
A town by the name of Hindman was destroyed by the flood, but the mayor of another town, Breman, began sending trucks of supplies to them. The kind act was a result of Hindman helping Breman back in December of last year after Breman was ripped apart by a state-record tornado.
“You were here in December and helped us,” Mayor Allen Miller of Bremen told the mayor of Hindman in a phone call. “Now it’s time for me to return the favor.”
The number of natural disasters in Kentucky in recent months has further setback rural towns that were already struggling before. The economy for much of Kentucky was already extremely vulnerable, as the coal industry, Kentucky’s main source of business, has been on a decline.
“These places were not thriving before,” said Jason Bailey, the executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. “To even get back to where they were is a long road.”
Breathitt County, which was still in the process of rebuilding itself after its last flood, was hit yet again last week, killing four. The flood that they were hit with 12 months ago was a record-breaking flood resulting in many losses.
“…families had just started getting their lives back on track,” said Hargis Epperson, the county coroner. “Now it’s happened all over again, worse this time. Everybody’s lost everything, twice.”
There have been 26 deaths from the floods, with many citizens still missing. The actual number of casualties could take weeks to figure out. The places hit hardest by the floods were counties near the Appalachian region, with 14 dead in Knott County and four in Breathitt.
A town by the name of Hindman was destroyed by the flood, but the mayor of another town, Breman, began sending trucks of supplies to them. The kind act was a result of Hindman helping Breman back in December of last year after Breman was ripped apart by a state-record tornado.
“You were here in December and helped us,” Mayor Allen Miller of Bremen told the mayor of Hindman in a phone call. “Now it’s time for me to return the favor.”
The number of natural disasters in Kentucky in recent months has further setback rural towns that were already struggling before. The economy for much of Kentucky was already extremely vulnerable, as the coal industry, Kentucky’s main source of business, has been on a decline.
“These places were not thriving before,” said Jason Bailey, the executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. “To even get back to where they were is a long road.”
Breathitt County, which was still in the process of rebuilding itself after its last flood, was hit yet again last week, killing four. The flood that they were hit with 12 months ago was a record-breaking flood resulting in many losses.
“…families had just started getting their lives back on track,” said Hargis Epperson, the county coroner. “Now it’s happened all over again, worse this time. Everybody’s lost everything, twice.”
