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The tremendous rainfall produced widespread and destructive flash floods in the state. The Elk River rose to an all-time high of 33.37 ft (10.17 m), surpassing the previous record of 32 ft (9.8 m) set in 1888. [8] Greenbrier County was the hardest-hit, with at least 15 deaths confirmed. [1]
The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, [5] in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River .
A Nottinghamshire rugby club has begun another clean-up after being flooded for the sixth time in just over a year. Newark Rugby Club, which sits close to the River Trent on Kelham Road, has ...
Sutton Lake is a 1,520-acre (6 km 2) reservoir on the Elk River in Braxton and Webster counties, West Virginia.Sutton Lake is located just upstream of Sutton.It was authorized by Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1938.
Rising flood waters on Jan. 1, 2023, forced Sacramento County sheriff’s officials to evacuate more than 1,000 inmates from the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove.
Update: Emergency officials elevated the evacuation warning to an order.
Life-threatening flash-flooding of Lake James, the Catawba River, and Lake Rhodhiss is ongoing. Structural flooding along Lake James continues and is developing along Lake Rhodhiss. Downstream of Bridgewater Dam on the Catawba River, several structrues are damaged or destroyed, with some single-level homes submerged by floodwaters.
Kim Ashby, 58, is still missing after Hurricane Helene's flooding caused her and her husband's vacation home to slide into a nearby river.