This photo provided by Bristol Virginia Professional Fire Fighters Association shows damage from severe weather on Monday, August 30, 2021, in Hurley, Virginia. About 20 homes were moved from their foundations and several trailers washed away amid flooding in western Virginia from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, local officials said. (Bristol Virginia Professional FireFighters Association via AP)
Hurricane Ida's remnants caused flash flooding that knocked about 20 homes off their foundations and washed several trailers away in western Virginia. More severe weather was predicted Wednesday, with heavy rains stretching into New England and tornadoes likely in parts of the Appalachians.
About 50 people were rescued and hundreds were evacuated from their homes in Virginia's mountainous western corner, the Buchanan County sheriff's office said. News outlets reported that one person was still unaccounted for in the small community of Hurley. The old mining town was built in a narrow draw between two mountains where Lester Fork flows into Knox Creek, and has been badly damaged by floods before. Two shelters were set up for the people displaced.
The remnants of the hurricane that devastated parts of southern Louisiana and Mississippi were forecast to dump rain from the central Appalachians into New England on Wednesday, with up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) possible in spots from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts.
The forecast also warned of significant and life-threatening flash...
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