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![Nelson Cirino secures the windows of his home as the winds of Hurricane Fiona blow in Loiza, Puerto Rico](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ap22261593469080-33d234dcfdc8893b737fab7780b94dee79af0abc-scaled-e1663541787586-900x422.jpg)
All of Puerto Rico is without electricity as Hurricane Fiona pummels the island
By: Juliana Kim | NPR
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Updated September 18, 2022 at 6:32 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Hurricane Fiona made landfall in southwestern Puerto Rico on Sunday afternoon, as the entire island continues to reel… Read More
![Havanna Thacker’s mother and an older couple who live near the former high school make hot food to deliver to people up in remote mountain communities still without power and water.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/KY-flooding-feature-e1659897371191-900x422.jpg)
In remote eastern Kentucky, neighbors help where no one else will
By: Justin Hicks | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CARR CREEK, Ky. (OVR) — Over the past week, Havanna Thacker has transformed a historic high school in Carr Creek, Kentucky into a supply depot. While her mother whips up… Read More
![The gym in the old Carr Creek High School, now an impromptu mutual aid center.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Knott-Gym-2048x1367-1-e1659639344140-900x422.jpg)
In the epicenter of Kentucky’s flooding, communities help each other and wait for assistance
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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KNOTT COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — Runnels Branch is a long, winding holler that travels deep into a mountain from the Carr Fork Lake area in Knott County, Kentucky. Usually, the creek… Read More
![Dawson Springs on Dec. 11, 2021, the afternoon following the largest tornado system to ever hit the state.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/download-1-e1639358152445-900x422.jpeg)
Kentucky tornado recovery continues, with charities and government providing aid
By: PBS Newshour
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PADUCAH, Ky. (NewsHour) — The tornadoes that swept through the midsouth region one week ago left thousands homeless and killed at least 77 people in Kentucky alone. It was the… Read More