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Sugar Creek Floods Leave Mud, Loss, and Resilience | Charleston News
Charleston, West Virginia, is reeling after Sugar Creek burst its banks overnight, swallowing homes, cars, and tools in a flash flood that turned streets into rivers. Residents like Cassandra Hagerman and John Wheeler lost everything from power tools to vehicles, while others like Tiffany Spurlock and Donald Weekley faced repeat devastation—this time with five inches of mud in their garage. Infrastructure crumbled, culverts vanished, and debris threatens to block the creek downstream. Yet amid the wreckage, neighbors rally, salvaging what they can and finding gratitude in safety. City crews…
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