WCK chefs are quickly ramping up our support, preparing thousands of plates of food like Appalachian soup beans with onions and cornbread. We're setting up distribution sites in hard-hit communities and delivering door-to-door to people unable to leave their homes. 

WCK joins the local community working around the clock to begin cooking

Kim & Kristi usually use the Rosie the Readiness bus to bring books & supplies to children in the most remote hollers of eastern Kentucky—now, they’re filling it up with hot, fresh WCK meals & water for families impacted by the flood.

Kim & Kristi

“Jesus! Get me to my grand babies’ house!”

Betty was awoken by the floods and as she tried to swim out of her home with her kitten, slipped & fell. She was unable to find her kitten but escaped. When the water receded, Betty’s kitten safely found its way home.

Betty

Nancy & her family live along a creek. A small bridge connects them to the main road. As flood waters rose, Nancy grabbed her pets and went for higher ground before hearing the crash of her neighbor’s car into the bridge, cutting off the family’s access out.

Nancy

Stories from Kentucky

More news from the ground

Late into the night on July 27, pouring rains triggered severe flooding across eastern Kentucky. Entire homes were destroyed and multiple deaths have been confirmed. Some families are trapped on their rooftops as washed out or impassable roads and bridges have left areas isolated and cut-off from support. Adding to this increasingly difficult situation, lines of communication are down, thousands are without power, and clean water is scarce. 

Mobilizing WCK chefs and logistics experts, we arrived shortly after, spreading our team across the impacted areas. Partnering with local groups, we are providing fresh meals and water to communities in need.

Experts believe the climate crisis is supercharging rainfall around the world. As temperatures rise, the atmosphere can hold more moisture that can lead to more rainfall and make record-breaking downpours more common. Many areas in the US like Kentucky are being affected by prolonged monsoonal and Gulf of Mexico moisture. 

As the extent of the situation continues to unfold, it is expected that this will be one of the most devastating and deadly floods in Kentucky's history. WCK's Relief Team is on the ground working to get fresh meals and clean water to people in need.