- Sheriff says all but three of the 44 people who went missing are in discovery.
- Floodwaters are receding in Buchanan County, Virginia.
- Crews from state and local agencies worked throughout the night to locate and reunite residents.
All but three of the 44 persons who were reported missing after disastrous floods; swept down roads and destroyed more than 100 homes have been found; by authorities in a rural area of southwest Virginia.
Sheriff John McClanahan of Buchanan County stated on Thursday that teams from regional and local organisations; worked all night to find and reunite people with their loved ones. He said that no injuries or fatalities were in reports.
After a deluge of rain struck the mountainous region on Tuesday night; first responders in Buchanan County started getting reports of damage and rising water. In the Virginia county that borders West Virginia and Kentucky; a number of tiny settlements are subject to impact.
Chief Deputy Eric Breeding of the County Sheriff’s Office stated on Wednesday; that the number of individuals missing is based on family members attempting to get in touch; with a resident in a place where there may be spotty or nonexistent phone connection.
“They may not actually be in difficulty or danger as a result. They’re only alerting us to the fact that we should check; on these individuals “Breeding told the media.
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McClanahan stated on Thursday that the floodwaters are receding; and that the county is coordinating with Virginia Department of Transportation; employees to assess house damage; and clear debris and muck from the roads; in order to reopen them.
The severe floods that resulted in mudslides that blocked roads; and swept homes off foundations startled the locals, they claimed.
Deana Kimbrough told WCYB-TV, “We met at my house and we said if it got any higher that; we were just going to start heading up in the mountains to try to get safe; but thankfully, thank God, we didn’t have to.
Seth Owens told the channel that he was one among the persons; who took sanctuary at a post office while seeing seeing houses being washed away.
“The home is floating on down through there the next thing you know. Two of the houses washed off,” he claimed.
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