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Flood-ruined furniture and other materials line the streets of Gilbert, W.Va., Tuesday, May 12, 2009, after flash flooding three days earlier. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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Todd Fleming, left, and Adam Petry, both firefighters from the Montgomery, W.Va., Fire Department, shovel flood mud out of a garage, Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Gilbert, W.Va. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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A sign outside a Baisden, W.Va., residence on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, addresses sightseers along the narrow, flood-damaged Gilbert Creek Road. A flash flood three days earlier damaged thousands of homes in Mingo County, W.Va. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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Richard Mounts shovels flood mud from the front sidewalk of his barber shop in downtown Gilbert, W.Va., on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, after flash flooding left three and a half feet of mud and water in his business. Mounts has been a barber in Gilbert for 35 years. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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Peggy Christian, left, and her daughter-in-law, Karen Christian, clear flood-ruined furniture and other items from a house in Gilbert, W.Va., on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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Eddie Fields stands in front of his destroyed home on Monday, May 11, 2009 in Pie, W.Va. Weekend flooding destroyed at least 300 buildings, knocked out power and caused mudslides. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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A Massey Energy coal mine employee uses an excavator to remove debris from Mitchell Branch at Red Jacket, W.Va., Monday, May 10, 2009, after flash flooding washed through the area two days earlier. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner , Michael Browning)

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Carl Mills of Red Jacket, W.Va., sits on his front porch Monday, May 10, 2009, behind his two automobiles that were washed into a small creek flowing in front of his house when flash flooding hit his community two days earlier. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner , Michael Browning)

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Princeton, WV city worker Les Farmer rakes away leaf litter clogging drainage ditches around Princeton City Park Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Jon Bolt, Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

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Two unidentified residents stand in front of Tattoo Joe's in Gilbert, W.Va., Sunday evening, May 10, 2009, after cleaning out flood debris from the shop. Emergency crews, residents and business owners continued cleaning up after heavy downpours produced several inches of rain late Friday and early Saturday. The rain caused mudslides that closed roads, knocked out power and caused flooding. (AP Photo/Michael Browning/ The Logan Banner)

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A car sits in Gilbert Creek Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Baisden, W.Va. The National Guard is helping residents in West Virginia's southern coalfields recover from weekend flooding that destroyed at least 300 buildings, knocked out power and caused mudslides that flushed trash, debris and at least one mobile home downstream. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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The backend of a Chevrolet truck sticks up from flood debris trapped under a bridge at Gilbert Creek, W.Va., Sunday evening, May 10, 2009, after a flash flood washed through the area on Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Browning/ The Logan Banner)

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Frank Manuel, above left, and his brother, Ralph Manuel, clear debris from a bridge at Varney, W.Va., Saturday, May 9, 2009, after flash floods washed through Mingo County, W.Va. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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Flood-ruined furniture and other items along a street in Gilbert, W.Va., Sunday, May 10, 2009, as residents and business owners clean up after a flash flood washed through the small, southern West Virginia town. (AP Photo/Michael Browning/ The Logan Banner)

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West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin looks at an overturned car Sunday afternoon, May 10, in North Matewan, W.Va., after the car and several other vehicles were washed down a stream during flash flooding Saturday. Manchin toured much of Mingo County, W.Va., where the flash flood destroyed homes and property. (AP Photo/Michael Browning/ The Logan Banner)

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House off its foundation near Gilbert, W.Va.

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Flooding at school in Mingo County.

The Herald-Dispatch

Flood damaged mobile homes are shown along Gilbert creek Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Gilbert, W.Va. Floodwaters have closed roads and damaged hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Home in Red Jacket damaged during weekend flooding.

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Gov. Joe Manchin talks to residents about the flood damage in Mingo County.

Flooding at school building in Gilbert, W.Va.

The Herald-Dispatch

Debris and floodwaters surround the destroyed home of Eddie Fields of Pie, W.Va., on Saturday, May 9, 2009, when the Mingo County, W.Va., area received more than two inches of rain in a 24-hour period and Pigeon Creek overflowed its banks. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

Gov. Joe Manchin and Adj. Gen. Allen Tackett assess flood damage in Mingo County.

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Gov. Joe Manchin talks to family whose home was flooded.

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Gov. Joe Manchin surveys flood damage in north Matewan.

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Joe Hinkle of Tattoo Joe's works outside his flooded business Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Gilbert, W.Va. Floodwaters have closed roads and damaged hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Several Delbarton, W.Va., residents, including Bobby Jarrell, Amanda Brooks, Cassie Dotson and Andy Fouch, gather at a bridge in Delbarton to watch as high waters rush down Pigeon Creek, during a flash flood on Saturday, May 9, 2009. The bridge on which the Delbarton residents are standing was blocked with debris and water from the flooding. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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A statue of the Virgin Mary stands in the mud outside Tattoo Joe's Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Gilbert, W.Va. Floodwaters have closed roads and damaged hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Jo Johnson, left, and Milton Johnson pose for a photo in the living room of their flood damaged home Sunday, May 10, 2009, in Gilbert, W.Va. Floodwaters have closed roads and damaged hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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The flood damaged living room of Jo and Milton Johnson is shown Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Gilbert, W.Va. Weekend flooding closed roads and damaged several hundred structures throughout the region. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Frank Manuel, above left, and his brother, Ralph Manuel, clear debris from a bridge at Varney, W.Va., Saturday, May 9, 2009, after flash floods washed through Mingo County, W.Va. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)

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Joe Hinkle of Tattoo Joe's talks about the flooding that destroyed his business Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Gilbert, W.Va. Floodwaters have closed roads and damaged hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

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Garnette Clark, 93, of Musick Bottom, W.Va., stands on the porch of her house, Saturday, May 9, 2009, after a flash flood caused several inches of water to build up inside her home. The flooding also damaged the foundation of the house, flattened her chain-link fence and left her yard covered in inches-thick mud. (AP Photo/The Logan Banner, Michael Browning)