Friday, May 24 2013 12:33 PM EDT2013-05-24 16:33:24 GMT
Smith Street between Morris and Ruffner Avenue is closed after a crash sent the utility pole down. The immediate area is blocked as a result.Emergency crews responded to the crash after a man driving
Driver flees crash scene after crash knocks down utility pole in Charleston
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:18:28 GMT
Three people were inside this burning home but managed to get out safely.
Firefighters are battling a massive fire in East Bank in Kanawha County. A house on Walnut Street went up in flames around 5:15 a.m. Firefighters said two people were home at the time but managed to
Three escape massive fire in a home on Walnut Street in Kanawha County
One local landmark has transformed to bring widespread assistance to the entire state.
The 130th Airlift Wing in Charleston has become the staging area for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Twenty FEMA workers and their support teams arrived to Charleston last Saturday after last weekend's storms. They've been working in collaboration with 50 Army National Guardsmen and 70 130th Wing personnel.
"It's truly a monumental effort on part of everybody involved. I've been in the guard for 31 years and this is the biggest event I've ever seen us respond to," said Gen. James Hoyer of the West Virginia National Guard.
For the past week, workers have been moving items from the hangar to the trucks, which then drive the supplies to communities ravaged by the storm.
And FEMA workers said there is no time frame for their stay.
"However long FEMA is needed to be here by the state of West Virginia, we'll stay," said FEMA Executive Affairs Officer Nick Morici.
He said that FEMA deployed almost 300 trucks of water around the state.
Those also carried 200 oxygen tanks, 386,000 meals, and 98 generators.
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