LOST CREEK, UNITED STATES (AFP) – Chase Hays said he is “torn”. After seeing floods ravage his hamlet in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, he filed a lawsuit against the mine that overlooks it, but the 34-year-old doesn’t want to be seen as an “enemy” of coal. Like him, many in his Appalachian region are […]
Aging infrastructure and underinvestment have left many cities’ water systems in tatters. Now flooding and other climate shocks are pushing them to failure.
The search continues for two Breathitt Co women, still missing after being lost in the flooding nearly a month ago. Search crews are continuing to loo.
Residents of a Breathitt County community hard hit by flooding late last month have filed a lawsuit blaming two coal companies for their alleged roles in the catastrophe which claimed