Can Appalachia Be Saved? Or Will ‘Worse and Worse’ Flooding Wash it Away?

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By By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and James…Aug 7, 2022, 12:01 pm833 ptsInterestingTop
Kentucky’s historic floods, amid rising extreme weather in the U.S., have fueled fears in one of America’s most vulnerable regions. Poverty, dispersed housing in remote valleys and strip-mined mountains that accelerate floods make climate adaptation an extreme challenge. By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and…

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