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West Virginia braced for disaster as torrential rains dumped up to seven inches in a single day, triggering catastrophic flash flooding that submerged homes, washed out bridges, and forced hundreds of water rescues. Governor Morrisey declared a state of emergency across all 55 counties, deploying 100 National Guard troops—with 200 more en route—to aid the hardest-hit northern regions. As the National Weather Service issued life-threatening warnings, social media exploded with harrowing footage: cars swallowed in Walmart parking lots, stranded drivers pulled from floodwaters, and even a sinkhole swallowing a vehicle outside a bar in Fayetteville. Amid the chaos, residents like a hotel guest stuck on a flooded first floor weighed staying put against seeking shelter, fearing the worst if power failed. The storm, part of a massive system stretching from Cincinnati to NYC suburbs, compounded the damage by hitting already saturated ground—a grim echo of a deadly 2014 flood that claimed 23 lives in the same areas.

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