Tagged: flood

Environment
12:55 pm
Fri June 1, 2012

Victims of 2010 Pike County Flood File Lawsuit Against State

Credit Erica Peterson / WFPL
Harless Creek resident Janie Caudill holds a picture of her home after flood waters washed it away in July 2010.

Residents in Eastern Kentucky whose homes were flooded in 2010 have filed suit against the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet. They say the flooding was caused by an unreclaimed surface mine site, and the state allowed the mine operator to violate the law.

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