The record floods 'couldn’t have come at a worse time,' said Doug Holliday, an attorney in Hazard, Kentucky, who represents miners with black lung disease and other health problems
Floods in Kentucky have wiped out homes and businesses, and engulfed small towns. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, east Kentucky includes seven of the 100 poorest counties in the nation.
Heavy rains have produced severe flooding in eastern Kentucky, leaving some 26 people dead. But many say they ll stay because they have deep connections with people that have sustained them through good times and bad.