{"id":1553285,"date":"2022-07-13T20:34:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T00:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1553285"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:34:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T00:34:13","slug":"virginia-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-after-40-missing-and-100-homes-destroyed-from-flash-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-after-40-missing-and-100-homes-destroyed-from-flash-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Gov. Declares State Of Emergency\u00a0After 40 Missing And 100 Homes Destroyed From Flash Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-gov-declares-state-of-emergency-after-40-missing-and-100-homes-destroyed-from-flash-floods%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1553285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in the wake of a devastating flood in Buchan County that damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes and left approximately 40 people missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened to learn that another flood has impacted a community still recovering from last year\u2019s flood,\u201d Governor Glenn Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2022\/july\/name-937231-en.html\">said<\/a>. \u201cWhile rescue and recovery continue, please join me in prayer as we lift up our fellow Virginians impacted by this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin declared a state of emergency for first responders to assist residents impacted by the heavy rainfall and severe flooding, which began hitting the Southwest region on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Residents told local media the scene looked like one they had never witnessed.<\/p>\n<p>Dominick Fragoso told\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/wcyb.com\/news\/local\/residents-stunned-after-heavy-rain-causes-destructive-flooding-in-buchanan-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCYB<\/a>\u00a0the water reached knee-high levels and saw one of his neighbor\u2019s driveways completely collapse into a nearby creek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe roads, if you walk up there, they\u2019re completely destroyed,\u201d Fragoso said. \u201cSome of them snapped, some slid across other roads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fragoso also watched as trees collapsed onto vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident said she feared residents would drown while watching a group of people rescues a young girl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gathered 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 luckily, thank God, we didn\u2019t have to,\u201d Deana Kimbrough, resident, told\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/wcyb.com\/news\/local\/residents-stunned-after-heavy-rain-causes-destructive-flooding-in-buchanan-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCYB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drone footage posted on Twitter by Billy Bowling shows the high waters weaving in and around homes in Buchanan county, with some areas impassable as homes flowed hundreds of yards off the foundations and into the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the worst flash flooding I\u2019ve seen occurred overnight in the community of Pilgrims Knob,\u201d Bowling\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babowling12\/status\/1547235119534149632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547235119534149632%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fweather.com%2Fnews%2Fnews%2F2022-07-13-flooding-damage-buchanan-virginia-search-and-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201c11\u20196 FOOT marks on homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowling described the disaster in more detail to\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/virginia-flash-flooding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Weather<\/a>, saying the area\u2019s topography consists of tall mountains that drop into valleys and hollows with communities at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey basically become a lake waiting to happen when we have big instances like this,\u201d Bowling said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he grasped the gravity of the situation better from the vantage point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least from where I parked, four homes were completely swept off of their foundations,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was quite devastating to walk around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The flooding has also caused power outages and impacted roads and other infrastructure in the area, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Buchanan County Chief Deputy Eric Breeding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?ref=search&#038;v=1068362680715467\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday that there were no fatalities while eighteen search and rescue organizations have dispersed into the area.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities opened emergency shelters at local elementary schools for flood victims displaced from their homes to reunite with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Last year flash floods raged through parts of Buchanan County that left one person missing and destroyed more than 20 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