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    On June 23, 2016, a flood hit areas of the U.S. state of West Virginia and nearby parts of Virginia, resulting in 23 deaths. The flooding was the result...
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    Hundreds of people were stranded at this shopping center during the 2016 West Virginia flood, as the bridge leading to it from the interstate was washed away...
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    derecho, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2016 West Virginia flood. Rebuilding and demolition of structures damaged in the 2016 flood was still in progress in January...
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    bypassed the town in the 1980s. Clendenin suffered damage during the 2016 West Virginia flood. Recovery was largely complete by January 2020, although some homes...
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    Oklahoma. The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since...
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    Clay is a town in and the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 399 at the 2020 census. It is the only incorporated...
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    catastrophic flooding swept through portions of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and southern West Virginia. 45 people died from the floods. Entire...
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    school in Elkview, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Kanawha County Schools district. During the 2016 West Virginia flood, the school building...
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    states like Kentucky and West Virginia have seen devastating flooding from rainstorms". During the June 2016 West Virginia flood, over 10 inches of rain...
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    Election Day floods — also known as the Killer Floods of 1985 in West Virginia — produced the costliest floods in both West Virginia and Virginia in November...
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    link in West Virginia Route 39 between Richwood and Marlinton. On June 23, 2016, a historically severe flood impacted portions of West Virginia. Richwood...
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    The Greenbrier (category Biographical museums in West Virginia)
    the 2016 West Virginia flood; however, flood victims who needed a place to stay were offered rooms in the hotel. The hotel reopened on July 12, 2016, with...
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    West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the...
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    West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other...
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    from the original on January 11, 2022. "Events: Kentucky and Missouri Flooding". Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters. National Centers for Environmental...
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    Glenville is a town in and the county seat of Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 1,128 at...
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    in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, in what became known as the "1985 Election Day floods" in Virginia, or the "Killer Floods of 1985"...
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    Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The town's population was 269 at the 2020 United...
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    Congress in the event of a nuclear attack. In June 2016, there was a historic severe flood in West Virginia that impacted White Sulphur Springs. The Greenbrier...
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    Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. Located at the confluence of the Elk...
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    Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The seat of Cabell County, the city is located in SW West Virginia at the confluence of the Ohio and...
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    a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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    Ronceverte is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States, on the Greenbrier River. The population was 1,572 at the 2020 census. Ronceverte...
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    Franklin is a town in and the county seat of Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 486 at the 2020 census. Franklin was established...
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  • – Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedicated. 1884 – Ohio River flood. 1885 – West Virginia capital relocated from Wheeling to Charleston again. 1890 City...
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    December 1, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016. "Memories of UE plane crash still linger". ECP. Lawrence Messina (April 5, 2010). "West Virginia Coal Mine...
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    The 1972 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Incumbent governor Arch A. Moore...
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    Logan County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,567. Its county seat is Logan. Logan County...
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    of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,808. Its county seat is West Union. Doddridge County is part of the Clarksburg, West Virginia...
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    Summersville is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,459 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Nicholas...
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