Floods

The Kanawha River rose 16.9 feet above flood stage, destroying much of the valley's salt works and marking the highest recorded flood in Charleston history

Ohio River at Point Pleasant reached a record 62.80 feet, more than 22 feet above flood stage

Ohio River flooded at Huntington

Ohio River flooded, inundating much of Huntington. The river crested at a record 69.45 feet, more than 19 feet above flood stage

Ohio River crested more than 19 feet above flood stage at Huntington

Ohio River at Huntington reached 69.45 feet, more than 19 feet above flood stage

Buffalo Creek flood kills 125 people

4 to 8 inches of rain had fallen

A great flood ripped through the Trough

The most devastating flood in Hardy County's history occurred when river rose more than nine feet above flood stage

The most devastating flood in Hardy County's history hit

Timber and Watershed Lab at Fernow Forest was severely damaged by the flood

Greenbrier River crested at 23.95 feet, more than nine feet above flood stage, killing 47 people

High water reached 13 ft above flood stage at Glenville

Major flood caused great damage to Marlinton

There was a major flood in Parsons

Cheat River crested at 24.3 feet, more than eight feet above flood stage

Raging flood waters killed 16 people in Pendleton County

West Fork at Weston crested at 24.10 feet, more than seven feet above flood stage

The Philippi mummies were damaged in the flood and were treated by a local funeral home

WVMR was major in reporting during the great flood

The Meadow, Cherry and Elk rivers, as well as Howard Creek, flooded downtowns and The Greenbrier resort and killed 23 people

Torrential rains led to a "thousand year flood" that killed 23 West Virginians