People in the city of Hazard, Kentucky, have been through days of deadly
flooding. On August 1st, 2022, firefighters and National Guard crews rescued hundreds
of people who are trapped in the perilous water.
It’s not the first time that a natural disaster has happened in this community.
Recurring disasters, including a powerful ice storm in 2021 that cut off power to
150,000 people, a flash flood last July that left many stranded in their homes, and the
rare December tornadoes that carved a nearly 200-mile path of destruction and killed
80 people, have all devastated the area.
“I wish I could tell you why we keep getting hit here in Kentucky,” Governor
Andy Beshear said with a sense of anguish and exhaustion. Mr. Beshear said that he
can’t give the citizens the why, but he knows what he can do in response to it, and that
is — “everything we can.”
In the wake of these floods, homes were pulled from their foundations, bridges
have been washed out, and hundreds of people have died or been left homeless or
missing. Hundreds of people die and hundreds are homeless or missing. This is so
dismaying to the people of Hazard because they had just started to get their life back
on track after it was derailed by a flood 12 months ago.This recent flood has now
separated the happy families, and now, everything is gone. Like the governor Mr.
Beshear has said, we have to do everything we can to help those helpless, innocent
families. Save the Children organization has started a donation to help the Kentucky
floods. The well known American Red Cross Organization also started a donation drive
to help the amidst devastation. All you have to do is donate a little money, many littles
will add up to a big amount, and those families will have a new home again!
Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/us/kentucky-flooding-natural-disasters.html
flooding. On August 1st, 2022, firefighters and National Guard crews rescued hundreds
of people who are trapped in the perilous water.
It’s not the first time that a natural disaster has happened in this community.
Recurring disasters, including a powerful ice storm in 2021 that cut off power to
150,000 people, a flash flood last July that left many stranded in their homes, and the
rare December tornadoes that carved a nearly 200-mile path of destruction and killed
80 people, have all devastated the area.
“I wish I could tell you why we keep getting hit here in Kentucky,” Governor
Andy Beshear said with a sense of anguish and exhaustion. Mr. Beshear said that he
can’t give the citizens the why, but he knows what he can do in response to it, and that
is — “everything we can.”
In the wake of these floods, homes were pulled from their foundations, bridges
have been washed out, and hundreds of people have died or been left homeless or
missing. Hundreds of people die and hundreds are homeless or missing. This is so
dismaying to the people of Hazard because they had just started to get their life back
on track after it was derailed by a flood 12 months ago.This recent flood has now
separated the happy families, and now, everything is gone. Like the governor Mr.
Beshear has said, we have to do everything we can to help those helpless, innocent
families. Save the Children organization has started a donation to help the Kentucky
floods. The well known American Red Cross Organization also started a donation drive
to help the amidst devastation. All you have to do is donate a little money, many littles
will add up to a big amount, and those families will have a new home again!
Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/us/kentucky-flooding-natural-disasters.html
