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Photos: West Virginia flooding
June 28, 2016, 1:42 AM
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West Virginia experienced deadly flooding in June. See photos.
A workers shovels mud from the stands into the Center Court at Creekside tennis court at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Flooding from heavy rains last week damaged the course canceling the PGA Tour event scheduled for next week and closing the Hotel. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Debris is stacked up along the back of the golf academy as workers begin the cleanup of the Old White Course on the property of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Flooding from heavy rains last week damaged the course canceling the PGA Tour event scheduled for next week and closing the Hotel. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
A workers clean seats in the stands at Center Court at Creekside tennis court at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Flooding from heavy rains last week damaged the course canceling the PGA Tour event scheduled for next week and closing the Hotel. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Debris is stacked up along Howard Creek in front of the first tee and the clubhouse as workers survey and begin the cleanup of the Old White Course on the property of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Flooding from heavy rains last week damaged the course canceling the PGA Tour event scheduled for next week and closing the Hotel. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Amy Eggleston,, carries a tray of food as she and Jarrod Copenhaver, of White Sulphur Springs, head back to their room at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The two were flood victims when their roof leaked and ruined all their belongings. The hotel provided a free room and meals to the couple. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Volunteer Kelsi Shawver hands a cupcake to a young girl at a food line set up for flood victims, emergency responders and other volunteers Monday, June 27, 2016, in Rainelle, West Virginia. (AP Photo/John Raby)
AP Photo/John Raby
Donations of bottled water for flood victims pile up at a distribution center Monday June 27, 2016, in Rainelle, West Virginia. The National Weather Service warned downpours Monday could bring a half-inch of rain or more in some areas ravaged by flooding, including Greenbrier, Kanawha and Nicholas counties. (AP Photo/John Raby)
AP Photo/John Raby
Signs on a West Virginia state police vehicle direct flood victims to donated items at a shopping plaza Monday, June 27, 2016 in Rainelle, West Virginia. The National Weather Service warned downpours Monday could bring a half-inch of rain or more in some areas ravaged by flooding, including Greenbrier, Kanawha and Nicholas counties. (AP Photo/John Raby)
AP Photo/John Raby
A home carried by flash flood waters sits in the middle of a road in Rupert, W.Va., Sunday, June 26, 2016. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
A pile of pickup trucks and other automobiles sit embedded in the sand and mud of a salvage yard in Rupert, W.Va., Sunday, June 26, 2016. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Constance Reynolds cries out after seeing her grandfather’s collection of vintage acoustic guitars stored safely on her son’s top bunkbed in her home after severe flash flooding in Rainelle, W.Va. Sunday, June 26, 2016. Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Reynolds was not home at the time of the floods but her neighbor David Hall Sr., who took refuge in her home as the waters continually rose, moved the instruments to the higher storage location while he floated in flood waters on a mattress until being removed with a water rescue. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Theresa Havers helps clean out the kitchen of her son’s home after flooding in Rainelle, W.Va., Sunday, June 26, 2016. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
An uprighted storage shed leans against a home in Rupert, W.Va., Sunday, June 26, 2016. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Nina, a cat, sits inside a pet crate after being rescued from flash flooding outside a home in Rainelle, W.Va. Sunday, June 26, 2016. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Flood survivor T.J. Parker plays with his dog, Titan, at the Ansted Baptist Church in Ansted, West Virginia, on Sunday, June 26, 2016. Parker says his home was already under water when he arrived from work Thursday. He says he and Titan then swam four blocks to safety. Along the way, he stopped to rescue an elderly man calling for help and brought him through floodwaters to a fire department. (AP Photo/Dave Morrison)
AP Photo/Dave Morrison
Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, holds his boat at station as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. There were several fatalities in the area with three people unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, watches for debris as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, contacts his command center as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
West Virginia State Trooper C.S. Hartman, left, and Bridgeport W.Va. fireman, Ryan Moran, wade through flooded streets as they search homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Teams were rescuing people from second-story windows, the hoods of cars and the tops of trees as floodwaters drenched southeastern West Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Bridgeport W.Va. fireman, Ryan Moran, exits a home as he and a crew search homes in Rainelle, W.Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Bridgeport W. Va fireman Ben Tacy, left, kicks in the door of a flooded home under the supervision of State Trooper C.S. Hartman as they search homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Bridgeport W.Va. firefighters, Steve Gallo, left, and Ryan Moran, center, are joined by an unidentified co-worker as they walk through a flooded street while searching homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
State Police and firefighters search homes along flooded streets in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
West Virginia Natural Resources police officer Chris Lester searches a flooded home in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Rainelle W.Va. Mayor, Andrea Pendleton, right, talks to resident Nicholas Remick as she tours the flooded streets of Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, keeps his boat on station as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Paul Raines looks over his flooded Western Auto store in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Paul Raines walks through his flooded Western Auto store in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
West Virginia Natural Resources police officer Chris Lester searches the scone floor of a flooded home in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. About 32,000 West Virginia homes and businesses remain without power Saturday after severe flooding hit the state. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also said Saturday that more than 60 secondary roads in the state were closed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Flooded homes are still surrounded by water in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. About 32,000 West Virginia homes and businesses remain without power Saturday after severe flooding hit the state. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also said Saturday that more than 60 secondary roads in the state were closed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Lt. Dennis Feazell, of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, rows his boat as he and a co-worker search flooded homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. About 32,000 West Virginia homes and businesses remain without power Saturday after severe flooding hit the state. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also said Saturday that more than 60 secondary roads in the state were closed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
West Virginia Natural Resources police officer Chris Lester, left, walks into the top floor of a flooded home as he and Lt. Dennis Feazell search homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. About 32,000 West Virginia homes and businesses remain without power Saturday after severe flooding hit the state. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also said Saturday that more than 60 secondary roads in the state were closed. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
West Virginia Natural Resources police officer Chris Lester searches a flooded home in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. About 32,000 West Virginia homes and businesses remain without power Saturday after severe flooding hit the state. The West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also said Saturday that more than 60 secondary roads in the state were closed.. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
West Virginia State Trooper C.S. Hartman, walks from a shed that he checked out as he and other crews search homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Bridgeport W.Va. fireman, Ryan Moran, marks a flooded home as searched and empty as he and a crew search homes in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Shane Altzier starts to sweep out the mud from the town utilities office in Rainelle, W. Va., Saturday, June 25, 2016. Heavy rains that pummeled West Virginia left multiple people dead, and authorities said Saturday that an unknown number of people in the hardest-hit county remained unaccounted for . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Mark Bowes, of White Sulphur Springs W. Va., makes his way to the road as he cleans up from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
People and vehicles are stranded at Crossing Annex Shops in Elkview , W.Va., Friday, June 24, 2016, after a bridge collapsed due to heavy rains and flooding the night before. (Sam Owens/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Sam Owens/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Jason Bergnoli, left, uses a rope to help Main Street Motors employee Zach Bennet, right, retrieve as many company documents as he can Friday June 24, 2016, in Richwood, W.Va., after the company’s building was knocked off its foundation by extensive flooding and hanging off the side of a hill. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Rob Morissin stands among the aftermath of a rockslide caused by severe flooding that poured into a property owned by his family since the 1930’s in Richwood, W.Va. on Friday June 24, 2016. (Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
Christian Tyler Randolph/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
A White Sulphur Springs resident sorts through debris as the cleanup begins from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Residents walk past an overturned car as the cleanup begins from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
A White Sulphur Springs resident sorts through debris as the cleanup begins from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Ron Scott, right, recovers a shirt from the burned remnants of his home that was swept off it’s foundation and burned after from severe flooding hit in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Jay Bennett, left, and step-son Easton Phillips survey the damage to a neighbors car in front of their home damaged by floodwaters as the cleanup begins from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Jimmy Scott gets a hug from Anna May Watson, left, as they clean up from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. Scott lost his home to the flood and a fire that consumed his and the homes of several relatives. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Kelly Vaughan looks over flood damaged belongings in her fathers home as they clean up from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. There were several fatalities around the state. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Kelly Vaughan, left, looks over flood damaged belongings in her fathers home with a neighbor as they clean up from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. There were several fatalities around the state. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
Ron Scott, right, recovers a shirt from the burned remnants of his home that was swept off it’s foundation and burned after from severe flooding hit in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. A deluge of 9 inches of rain on parts of West Virginia destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
AP Photo/Steve Helber
This Thursday June 23, 2016 image provided by the Greenbrier shows flooding on the 18th green of the Old White Course at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Severe flooding hit the area that is scheduled to host a PGA tour event in two weeks. (Cam Huffman/The Greenbrier via AP)
Cam Huffman/The Greenbrier via AP
This Thursday June 23, 2016 image provided by the Greenbrier shows flooding on the 17th green of the Old White Course at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Severe flooding hit the area that is scheduled to host a PGA tour event in two weeks. (Cam Huffman/The Greenbrier via AP)
Cam Huffman/The Greenbrier via AP
This Thursday June 23, 2016 image provided by the Greenbrier shows flooding on a fairway in front of the clubhouse of the Old White Course at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Severe flooding hit the area that is scheduled to host a PGA tour event in two weeks. (Harry Watson/The Greenbrier via AP)
Harry Watson/The Greenbrier via AP
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