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West Virginia under state of emergency after catastrophic flooding, dozens rescued

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Catastrophic flooding left roads underwater, damaged homes and forced rescues across parts of West Virginia after severe storms dumped more than 7 inches of rain. Powerful storms moved across West Virginia on Tuesday, producing torrential rain, damaging winds, mudslides and rapidly rising water.

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  1. WSVN Miami

    Historic West Virginia flooding prompts statewide emergency as severe storms sweep East (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — Severe thunderstorms unleashed catastrophic flooding across parts of central West Virginia Tuesday while also spawning tornadoes and damaging winds from Kentucky to New Jersey...

  2. FOX 5 DC

    West Virginia under state of emergency after catastrophic flooding, dozens rescued (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Catastrophic flooding left roads underwater, damaged homes and forced rescues across parts of West Virginia after severe storms dumped more than 7 inches of rain. Powerful storms moved across West Virginia on Tuesday, producing torrential rain, damaging winds, mudslides and rapidly rising water.

  3. The Guardian

    Tornadoes and record flooding leave parts of US east in crisis (opens The Guardian)

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    Rescuers freed trapped residents as Kentucky and West Virginia faced catastrophic floods and widespread storm damage A band of extreme weather that ripped through states including Kentucky and West Virginia Tuesday night sparked devastating tornadoes and record flash flooding that left dozens of peo…

  4. New York Post

    Catastrophic flooding slams West Virginia — prompting Flash Flood Emergency from NWS (opens New York Post)

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    Dangerous flooding is ongoing across parts of West Virginia early Wednesday after powerful severe storms dumped more than 7 inches of rain in parts of north-central West Virginia, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue a Flash Flood Emergency for life-threatening floods amid hundreds …

  5. Todd Starnes

    CATASTROPHIC! Water Rescues Underway After Flash Floods in West Virginia (opens Todd Starnes)

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    Flash flooding has devastated parts of West Virginia, prompting widespread water rescues, road closures, and a statewide emergency declaration as […]

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