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FLOODING IN SOUTHERN WV
Affected areas
Counties in southern WV affected by the weekend flooding are Mingo (hardest hit), Wyoming, Logan, McDowell, Boone and Raleigh.
Currently FEMA and state assessment teams are on the ground and more info will be available by end of the week.
Initial estimates include
2,500-3,000 structures damaged
2,300 homes without water/electricity
over 40 mudslides and many roads caved in making access to homes in hollows inaccessible.
What you can do now
CLP is working on an appropriate response to the flooding that will include One+Plus Kits, flood buckets, STUFF supplies, and work crews. As we organize the details and timelines for these responses, you can begin to gather STUFF supplies (sheets, towels, utensils for families) or build One+Plus kits to replenish the several hundred that will be used in the upcoming weeks.
Work crews will also be needed, but those details are not available at this time. Please consider this as an option throughout the summer too.
The greatest need CLP sees in the next week or two will be for assistance with transportation of supplies to the affected areas. If you are able to drive a truck with supplies, please contact Sherri at 304-312-4222 or Sarah at 304-582-4264.
If you would like to make a donation to assist with this response, please send it to CLP, PO Box 174, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.
And, very importantly, please keep the people of southern WV in your prayers along with those who work to respond to this situation.
For more information, visit this website: http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=3894
LDR Assistance
The Lutheran Disaster Response network is already at work offering more One+Plus kits and flood clean-up buckets to our people in need. We will make arrangements for these supplies to go southern WV as well. As the needs are assessed and as declarations of disaster are declared, CLP will also access LDR grant assistance in whatever way we can.
See Flood damage photo’s.
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