Hundreds of people in Hazard, Kentucky have found themselves trapped in floods this summer. The town of Hindman, Kentucky, was hit by wave after wave of rushing water. The Kentucky River was thoroughly exceeding its natural floodplain.
Every year, Kentucky has experienced a new disaster, one that is worse than its residents have seen in previous years.
“I wish I could tell you why we keep getting hit here in Kentucky,” said Governor Andy Beshear, in response to last year’s tornadoes and ice storms and this year’s floods. “I can’t give you the why, but I know what we do in response to it. And the answer is everything we can.”
Natural disasters pose risks for communities all over the world. The Central Appalachian Mountains, where the floods happened, have been hit particularly hard, though. Rural areas in Kentucky are not doing very well, as the coal industry and manufacturing jobs are in the decline. Just a year ago, there was another flood, also a record-breaking one. This year the community thought they were getting back on track and that they’d fixed the damage caused by last year’s flood. They did, but there is a new flood this year.
According to Dan Mosley, the judge-executive for Harlan County, Kentucky, “The pure catastrophic loss is hard to put into words. I’ve just never seen anything like this in my career or even my live.”
Every year, Kentucky has experienced a new disaster, one that is worse than its residents have seen in previous years.
“I wish I could tell you why we keep getting hit here in Kentucky,” said Governor Andy Beshear, in response to last year’s tornadoes and ice storms and this year’s floods. “I can’t give you the why, but I know what we do in response to it. And the answer is everything we can.”
Natural disasters pose risks for communities all over the world. The Central Appalachian Mountains, where the floods happened, have been hit particularly hard, though. Rural areas in Kentucky are not doing very well, as the coal industry and manufacturing jobs are in the decline. Just a year ago, there was another flood, also a record-breaking one. This year the community thought they were getting back on track and that they’d fixed the damage caused by last year’s flood. They did, but there is a new flood this year.
According to Dan Mosley, the judge-executive for Harlan County, Kentucky, “The pure catastrophic loss is hard to put into words. I’ve just never seen anything like this in my career or even my live.”
