Reed School of Media and Communications | Rising waters, rising risks: How climate change and aging infrastructure are affecting flood risk in West Virginia
Jessica Riley |
Friday, December 05, 2025
ELKINS, W.Va. – Nearly 40 years later, the memories of the
1985 flood still sit vividly in the minds of West Virginians who lived through
it.
Amy Moore, who grew up in Parsons and lived there during the Election Day Floods,
said she recalls that day like it was yesterday.
“It had been raining, and my dad came home from work and said the streets were flooding
in town, which was ki...
Friday, December 05, 2025
ELKINS, W.Va. – Nearly 40 years later, the memories of the
1985 flood still sit vividly in the minds of West Virginians who lived through
it.
Amy Moore, who grew up in Parsons and lived there during the Election Day Floods,
said she recalls that day like it was yesterday.
“It had been raining, and my dad came home from work and said the streets were flooding
in town, which was ki...
