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Between July 26 and August 1, 2022, widespread and catastrophic flooding swept through portions of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and southern West Virginia. 45 people died from the floods. Entire homes and parts of some communities were swept away by flood waters, leading to costly damage to infrastructure in the region.
Renee Anderson, Appalachian Artisan Center artistic director, walks through the building Thursday, July 28, 2022, after it was damaged by flood waters that swept through Hindman, Ky., early in the ...
Renee Anderson, Appalachian Artisan Center artistic director, walks through the building Thursday, July 28, 2022, after it was damaged by flood waters that swept through Hindman, Ky., early in the ...
This, combined with additional rainfall and flooding on July 28, led to a state of emergency being declared by Governor Jim Justice for six counties: Mingo, McDowell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Logan, and Wyoming. [45] Partly as a result of the flooding, Huntington, West Virginia recorded their wettest July on record with 9.41 in (239 mm) of rain. [46]
Chavies, Kentucky, flooding. A church was taken off its foundation near Chavies.July 28, 2022. An access road came apart near Chavies.July 28, 2022.
On July 28, 2022, historic flooding impacted Eastern Kentucky with Hindman being one of the hardest hit communities. Of the more than 40 people who died from the floods; 22 were in Knott County. [9] Search and rescue operations continued for days. [10] The city of Hindman was particularly hard hit.
Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s ...
On July 28, 2022, Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency after several counties in Eastern Kentucky experienced a thousand-year flood event. The weather event created major flooding of Troublesome Creek that affected nearly all buildings in the Hindman downtown area.