Rainelle

Five years ago, on June 23, muddy waters ravaged parts of the state in epic flooding that killed 23 people. It was the third deadliest flood in West Virginia. Since then, a lot of the recovery work has been completed by volunteers and there's still work to do.

Flood mitigation efforts continue in southern West Virginia through a grant funded study by Marshall University.The long-term project focuses on Rainelle…

Several families impacted by flooding last year in West Virginia have received new homes.WVVA-TV reports the Rainelle residents were handed keys to their…

Cleanup work has started on flood-control channels in the West Virginia community of Rainelle, which was ravaged by flooding last June.The West Virginia…

On Friday, October 28, 2016, just a little more than four months after June’s historic flooding, 83-year-old Gerda Thompson passed away. Thompson lost her…

This week on our Inside Appalachia podcast, we're revisiting some of the stories from our recent TV episode of Inside Appalachia. We hear stories of…

West Virginia University's Student Government Association is heading to southern West Virginia for flood cleanup efforts.As part of its annual leadership…

On West Virginia Morning, the great flood of 2016 happened one month ago. Today, reports about the people affected, a woman who lost her husband in…

Not only were homes and businesses impacted by flood waters last month, but public libraries suffered as well.Five feet of flood water destroyed the…

Three people have been arrested for taking donated items while falsely claiming to be flood victims.Sgt. C.R. Johnson of the West Virginia Department of…