Researchers Unveil Game-Changing Safety Tool After 1,000-Year Flood Event Rocks Community: 'We're Ahead of the Curve'

Researchers unveil game-changing safety tool after 1,000-year flood event rocks community: 'We're ahead of the curve'

When flash floods ripped through Ohio and Marion counties in West Virginia this June, it was a sobering reminder of just how vulnerable many Appalachian communities are to extreme weather. But in the wake of these devastating storms, researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) have unveiled a powerful new toolkit that could change the way communities prepare for and recover from flooding. The West Virginia Flood Resiliency Framework (WVFRF) is…

One Bucket at a Time: A Staff Member's Story of Flood Recovery in West Virginia - Appalachian Citizens' Law Center

Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center is part of the Central Appalachian community we serve.  Catastrophic flooding has touched the lives of nearly all of our staff and flood policy partners-–from the 1000-year Eastern Kentucky floods that nearly destroyed ACLC’s building in 2022, to the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and Tennessee in 2024, to the severe flooding in Northern Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley in April 2025.…