National Guard deployed as West Virginia flash floods inundate state, fatalities feared

Over 100 people rescued from floodwaters; governor expressed concern about potential fatalities and unaccounted residents; three emergency shelters housing 100+ displaced residents.

Once again, the mountains and hollows of West Virginia have been reminded that water, given enough of it in too little time, does not negotiate with the works of human hands. On Tuesday night, a storm system dropped up to seven inches of rain across the state — some places receiving nearly half an inch per minute — overwhelming ground already saturated from storms just days before, and forcing Governor Patrick Morrisey to declare a state of emergency for all fifty-five counties. Five hundred National Guard members and nineteen helicopters moved into the hardest-hit northern counties as over a

National Guard deployed as West Virginia flash floods inundate state, fatalities feared

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