{"id":474269,"date":"2022-07-15T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/virginia-flood-victims-survey-damaged-homes\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T08:00:16","slug":"virginia-flood-victims-survey-damaged-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/virginia-flood-victims-survey-damaged-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Virginia flood victims survey damaged homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2884f5e934c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2884f5e934c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/virginia-flood-victims-survey-damaged-homes\/#%E2%80%9CVirginia_flood_victims_survey_damaged_homes%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Virginia flood victims survey damaged homes&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVirginia_flood_victims_survey_damaged_homes%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Virginia flood victims survey damaged homes&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Flood victims searched through ruins of their homes in western Virginia hoping to salvage anything not damaged in Tuesday\u2019s flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Jewelry boxes, photo albums, and documents were just some of the items Buchanan County residents told FOX Weather\u2019s\u00a0Will Nunley\u00a0they hope to find. \u00a0Others hold no hope of recovering valuables or mementos because there homes were completely washed away. <\/p>\n<p>Many residents are coming to grips with not only lost belongings but financial ruin. Flood insurance is not part of a standard homeowner\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t realize it until this conversation with my family that we don\u2019t have any flood insurance either. I just assumed we did,\u201d Alison Rife, a third generation local resident, said. \u201cSo just thinking about rebuilding, thinking about the loss of all these people I care deeply about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eastern areas of the county saw up to 8 inches of rain fall on grounds that are used for coal mining in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>alachians. Floodwaters rushed down the steep terrain and swelled creeks which washed homes off their foundations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis happened within a 30-minute window Tuesday night. Water came rushing into this town and it was waist high. Neighbors had to seek higher ground,\u201d Nunley reported, recounting a survivor\u2019s experience. \u201cNeighbors were pulling one another to safety trying to get out of the floodwaters.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Southwest-Virginia-Flooding.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A house that was moved off of its foundation following a flash flood rests on top of a vehicle, Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Whitewood, Va.\" class=\"wp-image-23065398\"\/><figcaption>A house that was moved off of its foundation following a flash flood rests on top of a vehicle, Thursday, July 14, 2022 in Whitewood, Va.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Pilgrim\u2019s knob what used to be Main Street now looks like a dirt road. Cars have to drive around a home that was washed onto the street. Two nearby residences were washed further down the river.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 homes were damaged, during the heavy rainstorm. Shell-shocked residents said they just finished cleaning up after the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded the area in August.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/USA-VIRGINIA_FLOODS.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"An aerial view shows flooding in Buchanan County.\" class=\"wp-image-23065400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/USA-VIRGINIA_FLOODS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/USA-VIRGINIA_FLOODS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/USA-VIRGINIA_FLOODS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/USA-VIRGINIA_FLOODS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An aerial view shows flooding in Buchanan County.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like you dropped a bomb on it. It looks like a war zone out here,\u201d said Robert Minton, another third generation resident. \u201cI would imagine this is what this looks like. It\u2019s an environmental catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mail carrier Darlene Osborne drove around Oakwood, Virginia not recognizing the route she <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed for the past 18 years. She told FOX Weather\u2019s\u00a0Brandy Campbell\u00a0that many of the homes were gone. She tried to console victims she\u2019s grown close to over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them just cry. Their whole life\u2019s destroyed. Now they just don\u2019t know what to do. And a lot of them don\u2019t have flood insurance. So they\u2019ve lost everything,\u201d said Osbourne. \u201cIt is devastation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Southwest-Virginia-Flooding-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A child walks through his destroyed house, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Whitewood, Va.\" class=\"wp-image-23065401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Southwest-Virginia-Flooding-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Southwest-Virginia-Flooding-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Southwest-Virginia-Flooding-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Southwest-Virginia-Flooding-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A child walks through his destroyed house, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Whitewood, Va.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Residents not in shelters have no electricity, water or cell phone service while they clean up. Many roads washed away further delaying incoming work crews to fix the infrastructure and remove dirt off the roads that are still intact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts been a long couple of days,\u201d said Buchanan County Deputy Sheriff Eric Breeding. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a long road ahead of us.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Jewelry boxes, photo albums, and documents were just some of the items Buchanan County residents told FOX Weather\u2019s\u00a0Will Nunley\u00a0they hope to find. \u00a0Others hold no hope of recovering valuables&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/newspress-collage-23065384-1657871224737.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1657856885&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[131404,72150,72971,45849],"class_list":["post-474269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-7-15-22","tag-extreme-weather","tag-virginia","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}