Flooding completely submerges the I-79 Clendenin exit in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on June 24, 2016. (Facebook/West Virginia Department of Transportation)
Thunderstorms dumped extreme rainfall in southeast West Virginia and neighboring Virginia on June 23, resulting in devastating flooding for several towns in the area.
The floods have led to the deaths of at least 23 people as of this writing.
(MORE: Deadly Flooding in West Virginia)
Rainfall totals of 8-10 inches (possibly higher in localized areas) fell in about 12 hours across parts of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and Alleghany County, Virginia, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. The NWS added that this was nearly a one in a thousand year rainfall event for that area.
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