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In 1795, John Billingsley advocated enclosure and the digging of rhynes (a local name for drainage channels, pronounced "reens" in the east and rhyne to the west) between plots, [23] and wrote in his Agriculture of the County of Somerset that 4,400 acres (18 km 2) had been enclosed in the last 20 years in Wedmore and Meare, 350 acres (1.4 km 2 ...
A life-threatening situation unfolded across portions of West Virginia on Thursday morning as powerful thunderstorms moved across the region, leading to numerous reports of flooding, high-water ...
On June 23, 2016, a flood hit areas of the U.S. state of West Virginia and nearby parts of Virginia, resulting in 23 deaths. The flooding was the result of 8 to 10 inches (200 to 250 mm) of rain falling over a period of 12 hours, resulting in a flood that was among the deadliest in West Virginia history. [ 3 ]
The flood event first began in southwestern West Virginia on July 26. In Mingo County, the Gilbert Creek area along the Kentucky/Virginia/West Virginia border had several homes impacted and several bridges washed out, limiting access to some areas. [7] [8] More flooding occurred in nearby McDowell County as well, in
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin submitted a major disaster declaration to Trump citing "catastrophic flooding" that reached historic levels in Buchanan County and triggered over 150 swift water rescues.
The snow came after devastating flooding across Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia that left more than two dozen people dead. Most of those deaths happened in Kentucky, where officials said ...
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Construction of the lake was completed in 1981, [3] and resulted in the flooding of the community of Shaw, West Virginia and the realignment of West Virginia Route 46. [4] The dam, rolled earth and rock fill, is 296 feet (90 m) high, has a crest length of 2,130 feet (650 m) and contains 10 million cubic yards (7.6 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 ) of material.