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At least two West Virginians are dead, dozens of homes are damaged and communities across north central West Virginia are left picking up the pieces in the wake of another major flood.

The flood of 2016 affected a wider area of the state and took nearly two dozen lives. Brendan Muckian-Bates, a policy advocate for the Appalachian Flood Resilience Coalition, pointed to recent funding for the state's Flood Resiliency Office as a small step in the right direction toward making strides in reducing the likelihood and impact of flooding.

West Virginia is one of the deadliest states for house fires, killing an average of 32 people per year between 2009 and 2023.

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West Virginia is one of the deadliest states for house fires, killing an average of 32 people per year between 2009 and 2023.

West Virginia is one of the deadliest states for house fires, killing an average of 32 people per year between 2009 and 2023.

West Virginia is one of the deadliest states for house fires, killing an average of 32 people per year between 2009 and 2023. An audit of the State Fire

In 2014, then-Senate President Jeff Kessler proposed an ambitious plan: Set aside some of the tax money from gas, oil, and coal, so the state would

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