Area businesses sustain massive flood damage
Bluefield area reels from Sunday flood with Ramey Ford in Tazewell reporting almost 15 million in inventory loss and more than 300 vehicles damaged. Webster’s Restaurant in Bluewell devastated, all food and equipment lost while FEMA assistance looms. Other shops such as Skip’s Repair in Bluefield and Rasi’s Galaxy Food Center faced water damage but varying recovery paths unfold.
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Bluefield
Ramey Ford
Tazewell
Jimmy Ramey
Ramey
Webster
FEMA
Skip
Skip Honaker
Honaker
Rasi
Galaxy Food Center
Jerry Rasi
Methodist Hill Road
Alvis
Anna Mitchem
Alvis Mitchem
Mitchem
Simon Lambert
Lambert
Rock
Phyllis Kelley
Rock Road
Princeton city manager credits Brush Creek cleanup for flood resilience
Princeton City Manager Doug Freeman credits the Brush Creek cleanup and tributary work along Morrison Drive to mitigating flood damage from a heavy Sunday rain. He notes some businesses on Stafford Drive and a North Walker Street area required repairs but overall the city escaped major losses. Freeman praises Southern Soil Conservation Service for the historic cleanup and says the city was lucky this time with the rainfall.
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FEMA
McDowell County
Jimmy Joe Gianato
Kimball
Welch Community Hospital
Michael Dye
New Graham Pharmacy
Bluefield
Douglas Sporting Goods
Glen Young
Brush Creek
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Doug Freeman
Southern Soil Conservation Service
Public Works Department
Wayne Shumate
Southern Soil
Freeman
Morrison Drive
Princeton Towers
Memorial Funeral Home
Walker Street
Emergency declared as flash floods hit Tazewell County Virginia
Gov Jim Gilmore declared an emergency in parts of Tazewell County after torrential rain caused flash flooding and evacuations. More than 1,600 residences and 50 businesses affected as bridges washed out and water systems disrupted. Cleanup under way as VDEM seeks FEMA aid. no injuries reported.
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Gov. Gilmore
Tazewell County
Azewell, Va
Jim Gilmore
Janet Clements
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Clements
VDEM
Michael Cline
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Montcalm flood cleanup shows community resilience
Mercer County residents frantically cleared debris after Sundays flash floods that swamped Montcalm and nearby towns. Homes along the Bluestone River suffered severe damage, heating oil spills fouled yards, and neighbors aided in sump pumps, sandbags, and salvaging belongings as authorities assess structural integrity and water system impacts.
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Montcalm
Mercer County
Joey Sands
Bluestone River
Lucillie
Sissy” Coffey
Coffey
Sands
Terry
Bramwell
Simmons Street
Samantha Vance
Kathy Corner
Terry Corner
Coopers
Donald Hall
Helen
Hall
Wesley Childs
Bramwell Wesleyan
Childs
Louise Stoker
West Virginia flood devastates McDowell County towns and routes
McDowell County suffers extensive flood damage with Kimball and Welch hardest hit. B.G. Smith reports more than 100 homes and businesses destroyed or damaged beyond repair as Route 52 remains closed. National Guard and FEMA teams assist, shelters opened, water supplies delivered, and a federal disaster declaration sought. In nearby Tazewell County, about 1,600 homes and 50 businesses affected with 300 evacuees.
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B.G. Smith
Kimball
Keystone
Northfork
Anawalt
Pageton
Jenkin Jones
Smith
Bob Wise
Mount View High School
Welch
Crumpler
Welch Community Hospital
Lacy Wright
McDowell
McDowell County
Wright
Wise
Gianato
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John Nelsor
Simmons
Division of Highways
911
Abbs Valley
Boissevain
Falls Mills
Gratton
Bishop
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