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West Virginia floods prompt calls to fund flood resiliency
Gov Morrissey urged federal help while northern West Virginia faced repeated floods from Wheeling to Fairmont. Debris, power outages, and 29 heavy equipment pieces marked cleanup as officials warn climate change compounds flood risk. Three dead in February floods and three or four inches of rain in 72 hours worsened damage.
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