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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]
This, combined with additional rainfall and flooding on July 28, led to a state of emergency being declared by Governor Jim Justice for six counties: Mingo, McDowell, Fayette, Greenbrier, Logan, and Wyoming. [9] Partly as a result of the flooding, Huntington, West Virginia recorded their wettest July on record with 9.41 in (23.9 cm) of rain. [10]
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The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
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The North Fork of the Cherry River in the Monongahela National Forest in northern Greenbrier County. The Cherry River is a tributary of the Gauley River in southeastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
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 ...
It lies along the Greenbrier River to the east of the city of Hinton, the county seat of Summers County. [2] Its elevation is 1,539 feet (469 m), and it is located at 37°40′41″N 80°43′30″W / 37.67806°N 80.72500°W / 37.67806; -80.72500 (37.6781762, -80.7250808