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Tomblin declares state of emergency; death reported in Tucker County
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency in West Virginia on Monday ahead of a storm packing high winds and heavy rain and threatening to bring flooding and dump as much as 3 feet of snow on the state's highest ridge tops.
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About 43,000 state residents were without power Monday night. Forecasters expanded a blizzard warning Monday to at least 14 counties. High-wind warnings and flood watches also were posted, mostly in northern and eastern sections of the state. Eastern parts of the state can expect to get up to 6 inches of rain.
Forecasters upgraded an earlier prediction that had said up to 2 feet of snow was possible on ridge tops, where there are mainly ski resorts or sparsely populated areas.
Jimmy Gianato, director of the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said conditions will likely be at their worst overnight and early Tuesday before the storm moves on.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201210290023
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About 43,000 state residents were without power Monday night. Forecasters expanded a blizzard warning Monday to at least 14 counties. High-wind warnings and flood watches also were posted, mostly in northern and eastern sections of the state. Eastern parts of the state can expect to get up to 6 inches of rain.
Forecasters upgraded an earlier prediction that had said up to 2 feet of snow was possible on ridge tops, where there are mainly ski resorts or sparsely populated areas.
Jimmy Gianato, director of the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said conditions will likely be at their worst overnight and early Tuesday before the storm moves on.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201210290023
Light snow here, south of Charleston. So far no wind to speak of.
Here is a link to an APCO power outage map that includes counties in Southern West Virginia and western Virginia.
Here is a link to a MonPower/Potomac Edison power outage map that includes most of the rest of West Virginia.