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23 dead in West Virginia floods; search and rescue continues

CHARLESTON- Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left at least 23 people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for.

 

Most of the dead and all of the missing, officials believe, were in the county of Greenbrier -- home of the renowned golf resort of the same name.

 

"The reports we got this morning are that Greenbrier County may still have some folks unaccounted for. It does not appear there are unaccounted for people in other counties, but it's still a somewhat fluid situation," said Chris Stadelman, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's chief of staff.

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.25.16, 16:39