The Hidden Price of Rebuilding After a Flood
When rising floodwater surrounded her dwelling the morning of July 29, Carolyn Combs felt a way of déjà vu. The 12 months earlier than, floodwater had crammed the primary flooring of her household’s dwelling in Jackson, Ky., damaging residing areas, storage and her two teenage youngsters’s bedrooms.
Ms. Combs, her husband and their youngsters spent months residing on the second flooring whereas the decrease degree was gut-renovated, a mission that was almost full when the 2022 storms started. Earlier than evacuating this time, they moved as many belongings as potential upstairs in hopes of avoiding the earlier 12 months’s losses.