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(12:50 p.m. ET) New Images Of West Virginia Flooding Although the flash flood emergencies were allowed to expire, rivers and creeks in parts of West Virginia remained swollen throughout the morning.
Greenbrier County was the hardest-hit, with at least 15 deaths confirmed. [1] Greenbrier County Sheriff Jan Cahill described the county as "complete chaos". [8] Flooding in White Sulphur Springs destroyed many homes and swept some clean off their foundations. [9] One home was videotaped floating down Howard's Creek while engulfed in flames. [8]
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The 1985 Election Day floods – also known as the Killer Floods of 1985 in West Virginia [1] – produced the costliest floods in both West Virginia and Virginia in November 1985. The event occurred after Hurricane Juan , a tropical cyclone in the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season , meandered near the coast of Louisiana before striking just west ...
Bluestone Lake is a flood control reservoir located on the New River near Hinton, West Virginia. At its normal pool level, Bluestone Dam impounds a 10.7-mile (17.2 km) stretch of the New and its tributary, the Bluestone River. Normally approximately 2,040 acres (8.3 km 2) in size, the lake can grow to over 36 miles (58 km) long at flood control ...
By Wednesday evening, more than a foot of rain had fallen near Kirbyville, Texas, horses had to be pulled from neck-deep flooding. About 150 miles northwest Powerful storms unleash severe flooding ...
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Rainelle is a town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It sits at the base of Sewell Mountain and Sims Mountain, and is bisected by the Meadow River . The only means of transportation to and from Rainelle are roads; primarily US 60 and WV 20 , which merge on the western end of the town, and the James River ...