Article: Turtle Creek Valley may yet rise above June flood

The front steps at Lisa Olsakovsky's red-brick home are crumbling. Her family is in a constant fight to scrub away mold in a musty-smelling basement. With winter approaching, they have no furnace.

Three months after floodwaters ravaged several eastern suburbs, families like Olsakovsky's still are struggling to recover. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has refused to help, despite the state documenting almost $22.5 million in damage in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.

The federal Small Business Administration has received 36 applications for low-interest loans from homeowners, residents and business owners who suffered flood damage, but Olsakovsky was among those too poor to ...

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