Flood fatalities in eastern Kentucky and the public health legacy of mountaintop removal coal mining
ABSTRACTHeavy rains at night caused severe flooding in eastern Kentucky on 28 July 2022, resulting in 39 deaths. Using publicly available information, we assembled a database of these fatalities, including demographic characteristics and location of death. We perturbed fatality locations and plotted...
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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2023-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Maps |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2023.2214159 |