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After the Floods, Healing Remains | Lexington News
Four years after catastrophic floods tore through eastern Kentucky, Nancy Herald reflects on the loss of her family’s historic home—and the enduring scars on her community. Though she now lives in a rebuilt home, she can’t bring herself to demolish the original, a symbol of her past and the trauma that left her speechless. Across the neighborhood, once-thriving riverfront homes are now vacant lots, forcing families to relocate. For many, property isn’t just bricks and mortar—it’s identity. Herald is grateful her family survived, but she’s heartbroken for those still without homes or healing…
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