WV FLOODING CAUSES DEATH AND DESTRUCTION - Ground Super Saturated

(07/23/2013)

A number of WV communities continue to experience flooding in what is the wettest summer season in years. A 64-year-old man was swept away by high water in Putnam County Monday evening while he was digging a ditch, cleaning debris from recent flooding. His body was recovered about an hour later. Mason County has been hit with severe flooding, and again Monday when a house was washed off its foundation, landing 600 feet away, the occupant escaping uninjured. Sunday, localized flooding caused 50 church goers to be trapped in a Lizemore church. Last week a flash flood hit Green Creek in Roane County, washing out roads and washing a man's truck downstream for a mile. Then there was the recent 100 year flood that struck Spencer and Roane County, while many other parts of West Virginia have experienced localized flooding. People in low-lying areas need to be tuned in to NWS alerts.

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