And we have more disaster news.

A new report looks at the link between surface coal mining and the 2022 Eastern Kentucky floods.

And some western Kentucky tornado victims are getting new homes.

Our Toby Gibbs has details.

And our Tuesday look at headlines around Kentucky.

Volunteers of America mid states will spend $123,000 to ensure more black women get access to treatment for substance use disorders.

The Kentucky Lantern reports the Kentucky Association of Health Plans awarded the money to Access Justice to fund a study on the effectiveness of the nonprofit Freedom House.

The program is for pregnant and parenting women who have substance use disorders.

Jennifer Hancock, the president of Volunteers of America Red States, tells the Landrum This move is a response to the high rates of maternal mortality among black women and the disproportionately high overdose rates among black Kentuckians.

The results of the study are expected in April of 2025.

A recent study suggests the eastern Kentucky floods in July of 2022 were worsened by the environmental damage from surface coal mining.

The Kentucky Lantern Sites.

A recent study published by Kentucky's former top geologist Bill Heinberg, who compared water amounts in surface mined areas to undermined areas in some of the counties hardest hit by the 2022 flood.

According to the study, 50% more water poured into areas adjacent to mined land and 50 to 150% more poured into small tributaries originating from mined land.

Heinberg tells the Kentucky Lantern.

He believes his study shows surface coal mining made the floods, quote, significantly worse, unquote.

Several families displaced by the December 2021 tornado outbreak in western Kentucky now have new homes.

The Paducah Sun reports.

The Appalachian Service Project collaborated with the Graves County Long term Recovery Group to build 12 new homes in Mayfield.

Mayfield resident William Parker received a new home after his house was destroyed by the storms.

He tells the Paducah Sun the group's work was, quote, a godsend and quote.

Kentucky tourism has released a free game to give people the opportunity to explore some of the state's attractions.

Louisville Public Media reports The great big Kentucky Adventure features an old school pixel art style and plays similarly to a classic Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis game.

Players can defeat monsters, jump over obstacles, collect coins or cookies, and explore places such as cave cities, dinosaur World and the Forest Giants of Shepherds Ville.

With headlines around Kentucky, I'm Toby Gibbs.