The West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund needs money now

By: Carrie Decker

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 485

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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A year after devastating flooding in Southern West Virginia and on the 10th anniversary of flooding in central West Virginia, our state Legislature takes up where the Justice administration left off — flood mitigation and remediation.

While our neighbors in the coalfields and Wheeling are still grappling with infrastructure damage, lives lost and lack of support — we have an opportunity and responsibility to ensure our state doesn’t face this kind of devastation again.

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