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Katie Myers

Eastern Kentuckians face paperwork, hurdles as they rebuild flooded homes

People clutching folders full of paper flitted in and out of the FEMA disaster recovery center in Whitesburg, Kentucky last month.

Some of them looked worried, or angry.

Officials announced, without warning, that people rebuilding or repairing homes after the flood will have to apply for floodplain construction permits–complying with a 20-year-old ordinance that had not been actively enforced in the county.

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