Tales of rescue and tragedy emerge as governor expects death toll to rise in one of the poorest regions in America
Photograph: Timothy D Easley/APPhotograph: Timothy D Easley/APafter a torrential storm dumped 10 inches of rain in a matter of hours, tales of rescue and tragedy are beginning to emerge from the wreckage of the natural disaster.
The region is one of the poorest in America, best known perhaps for coalmining and, more recently, the devastation of opioid addiction. Video showed floodwaters reaching the roofs of houses, roads becoming rivers and evidence of mudslides. They had been holding on to a tree for hours before waves dislodged them and the children were swept away. Riley Jr, six, and Nevaeh Noble, four, were found dead Thursday; the bodies of Maddison Noble, eight, and Chance Noble, one and a half, were found Friday morning, their cousin Brittany Trejo said.
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