Storms and flooding killed at least one person and washed away about 200 gravestones in a cemetery built in the early 1800s in West Virginia, officials said.
The death was reported Thursday night in Wood County, which borders the Ohio River, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. The car became submerged in high water and sank with the man trapped inside, the statement said. Divers found the vehicle and recovered the body, but authorities did not immediately release his name.
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The deaths come as Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency for Wood, Ohio, and five other counties as flooding associated with severe thunderstorms caused other damage, including downed trees, power outages, road closures and landslides. It happened on the same day. Wheeling Mount Zion Cemetery.
At least one person has died after severe storms hit West Virginia.
A landslide at an Ohio County cemetery where thousands of people, including 400 veterans, are buried, toppled trees and gravestones, news outlets reported.
Volunteers tending the cemetery said the topsoil and monuments were damaged, but the coffin was not.
Charles Yocke, president of the Wheeling-Mount Zion Cemetery Corporation, said, “I think the grave is OK. I think it’s just some mud that fell and slid on the grass.”
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The group said it was seeking support to rebuild from the disaster.
