The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections

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By Claire Carlson, The Daily YonderAug 18, 2024, 9:00 am142 pts
On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.” It was 8 a.m. on a Thursday in late July, two years ago in rural Pike County, Kentucky, and rain had been pouring for days. Overnight, it got heavier. Homes and…

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