CRAIG CO., Va. – A routine tree removal operation transformed into a large-scale emergency evacuation when flash flooding threatened 77 campers and staff at Camp Easterseals, a facility serving adults and children with special needs.
The New Castle Volunteer Fire Department responded to a Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) request for tree removal assistance at approximately 6:12 p.m. yesterday. The situation quickly escalated as mountain runoff caused severe flooding across the roadway.
“They had an inundation of water running across the road all from the mountain runoff,” Darryl Humphreys, Emergency Management Services Coordinator for Craig County, said…