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Vast West Virginia Flood Drives Destruction Across Region
The storm stalled on Indian Ridge and unleashed record rainfall across Wyoming and McDowell counties, flooding towns from Welch to Anawalt. Rain totals reached multiple inches at Beckley, Bluefield, and Mullens while Elkhorn and Tug Fork drainages caused swift, devastating floods. Authorities note the event as a complex, life-like meteorological episode with widespread homelessness and a month-long cleanup.
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Indian Ridge
Wyoming
McDowell
Keystone
Kimball
National Weather Service
Elkhorn
Mullens
Weather Service
Beckley
Bluefield
Crab Orchard
Oceana
Pineville
Hawks Nest
Guyandotte River
Wyoming County
Elkhorn Creek
Bearwallow Branch
Bottom Creek
Laurel Branch
Carswell Hollow
Kimball, Landgraff, Eckman, Welch
Northfork
Big Stone Ridge
Tazewell
Indian Grave
Puncheon Camp
Little Creek
Leckie
Big Sandy
Jenkin Jones
Anawalt
Spencer’s Curve
Pageton
Thorpe
West Virginia Air National Guard
Huey
Parkersburg
Gary Hollow
Tug Fork
Welch
Mississippi
Ohio
Northfork Hollow
Peel Chestnut
Horsepen Mountains
Clinch River
Tazewell County
Bishop
Jaeger
Mercer County
Spanishburg
Matoaka
Rock
McComas
Bramwell
Montcalm
Bluestone River
Mercer
London Lock
Kanawha River
Ken Batty
National Weather Service Office
Charleston
Batty