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Vanessa Baker was swept away in the July 2022 flooding in Breathitt County, and her body was never found. A year later, her husband, Farmer Edward Baker, still searches for any trace of her.
A conservative estimate would put the amount of public funds pledged to flood recovery at well over $750 million.
With the flames only a stone's throw away from his home, Eulas Fugate and neighbor Bruce Dryden did everything they could to keep a wildfire away and save Fugate's home.
Chase Hays says 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 reluctant…
This summer, Breathitt County’s small community of River Caney saw several feet of water when a small creek turned into a rushing river.