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Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder

Claire Carlson writes about rural communities and the environment for The Daily Yonder.

The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections

By: and - August 13, 2024

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. “Get up,” she told him. “There’s a flood outside.” It was 8 a.m. on a Thursday […]

Kentuckians lacked forecasting, broadband as July storms quickly swelled into deadly flood

By: and - March 27, 2023

This story is a collaboration between The Daily Yonder and Grist. For more, watch the Daily Yonder’s video “How Broadband and Weather Forecasting Failed East Kentucky.”? Terry Thies wasn’t worried about the rain that pounded on her roof last July.? She had received no flood warnings before going to sleep that night. Besides, her part […]