CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, is located on the banks of the Elk River. Extreme weather could cause the river to swell beyond its banks and surround the hospital, closing off all exits, according to a simulation of flooding data from the company Fathom. CAMC spokesperson Dale Witte said the hospital system has prepared by elevating electrical infrastructure and acquiring pumps. Daniel Chang/KFF Health News Louisville, Tennessee KFF Health News —

When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater.

At this decades-old psychiatric hospital on the edge of the Tennessee River, an intense storm could submerge the building in 11 feet of water, cutting off all roads around the facility, according to a sophisticated computer simulation of flo

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