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Six dead as flooding devastates West Virginia
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According
to West Virginia state officials, multiple fatalities have been
reported in flooding that has devastated parts of the state.
West Virginia flooding, worst in '100 years,' leaves at least six dead, including child
Flooding in West Virginia leads to multiple fatalities
NY Daily News
Tens of thousands of residents were left without power and many roads were impassable following Thursday's pounding rain, officials said. The hardest hit counties include Greenbrier, Nicholas, Fayette, Kanawha and Webster. In Greenbrier, a flaming house could be seen floating down a creek.
"Just high water everywhere. People can't get out; they can't get in," one resident told CBS News.
Three people have died in Kanawha County, two people were killed in Greenbrier County and a boy died in Wheeling, officials said. Additionally, a 4-year-old boy remains missing after being swept away in Jackson County, according to the Gazette Mail.
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Emanual Williams, 8, died after he was swept away in Wheeling. The boy had been walking with his mother and sister on Thursday when he slipped into the creek, according to the Intelligencer. Emanual's body was found three hours later, according to the paper.
Tens of thousands were left without power in West Virginia after devastating flooding.
(West Virginia Dept. of Transport/via Twitter)"We had swift water rescue teams out until late last night and back out again his morning literally rescuing people from rooftops and upper stories of houses," he said.
One of those rescued from the top of his roof was Paul Moya, who is diabetic.
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"I'm still shaking," he told CBS News from the hospital. "I really just want to break down and cry right now. All I could see was the homes burning and the electrical poles burning. I think I could say that now I was scared."
Rescue crews on Friday began evacuating approximately 500 people trapped by high water at the Crossings Mall in Elkview.
Richwood Mayor Robert Johnson said there was extensive damage to the city. "We pretty much live in a bowl, and the bowl filled with water, certainly," he said.
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Some areas were looking at flooding "that's going to be the worst in 100 years," said Chris Stadelman, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's communications director.
1 | 2 At least four people are dead in the flooding. (West Virginia Dept. of Transport/via Twitter)
Across the state line, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency due to flooding in Alleghany County and Covington.
The Virginia Department of Transportation warns that more than a dozen Alleghany County roads were closed Friday morning due to flooding. There were approximately 1,700 customers without power statewide.
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