Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Video produced by Rob Atha, Elevated Media. Used by Climate.gov with permission. Among the West Virginia communities devastated by flooding in June 2016 was the town of Rainelle in Greenbrier County. Nearly the entire town was flooded following heavy rains that the National Weather Service described as a 1-in-1,000-year event. This video shows flooding on June 24, the day after the rain event.
Video produced by Rob Atha, Elevated Media. Used by Climate.gov with permission. Among the West Virginia communities devastated by flooding in June 2016 was the town of Rainelle in Greenbrier County. Nearly the entire town was flooded following heavy rains that the National Weather Service described as a 1-in-1,000-year event. This video shows flooding on June 24, the day after the rain event.
