Flood Relief

Steve Hughes and Lawanna Vest on the porch of the 1975 trailer that replaced a doublewide that flooded. (Brad McElhinny/MetroNews) 

RUPERT — These West Virginia residents had two possibilities for flood relief and in almost three years neither one has paid off.

One was applying for a Hazard Mitigation Grant, which could have provided resources from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to buy out or flood-proof homes.

The other was RISE West Virginia, which dedicated $150 million in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Relief from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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