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US: 23 passed in floods caused by thunderstorms in West Virginia
- Updated: June 25, 2016
Washington: At slightest 23 persons were killed as complicated thunderstorms caused remarkable flooding in US’ West Virginia state, officials said.
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin announced 14 deaths during a news discussion on Friday afternoon. By Friday night, a West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management increasing a fee to 23, CNN reported.
The victims enclosed a four-year-old child who was cleared divided by fast floodwaters in Jackson county. The child was personification with his sister behind their home when he fell into what a tide that had now incited into a rushing stream after a relentless storms.
An 8-year aged child from Ravenswood was also killed in a aroused storm.
Trees and energy lines fell as complicated rains sent creeks and rivers out of their banks late Thursday and early Friday, withdrawal many stranded residents watchful to be rescued.
Forty-four counties announced a state of puncture Thursday night, essentially in a southeastern partial of West Virginia.
Elkview, Clendenin and Frame were strike a hardest by a flooding, officials said.
Tomblin activated 200 National Guard members to support in 8 counties and has permission for as many as 300 some-more to assistance with a rescue and response efforts, a governor’s bureau said.