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“I thought I was going to die,” said Ida Proffitt, recounting Tuesday night’s harrowing escape from rising floodwaters surround her Buchanan County residence.
Photos: Buchanan County social services reaches out to victims of flooding
Harris Branch Road resident Richard Goss speaks with Buchanan County Department of Social Services employees who delivered water and non-perishable food on Thursday near Whitewood, Va. Goss said that an unoccupied mobile home, at right, located uphill from his own home blocked the main force of a mud slide and saved his home from being washed away during Tuesday night's flood.
Harris Branch Road resident Richard Goss said that an unoccupied mobile home located uphill from his own home saved his home from being washed away during Tuesday night's flood when it blocked the main force of a mud slide. The back yard of Goss' home Thursday, July 14, 2022, near Whitewood, Va.
Employees and volunteers from the Buchanan County Department of Social Services deliver water and non-perishable food to Harris Branch Road residents Thursday, July 14, 2022, near Whitewood, Va.
Buchanan County Sheriff deputies and workers from the county's department of social services drop off cleaning supplies and water at the Red Cross shelter at the Twin Valley Elementary School Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Oakwood.
Ted Watson volunteers with the Buchanan County Department of Social Services to deliver water and non-perishable food to Harris Branch Road resident Ruby Horn Thursday, July 14, 2022, near Whitewood, Va..
A truck is washed onto a creek bank Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Pilgrim's Knob.
A man clears mud out of the yard of a business after the Dismal Creek overflowed its banks, seen here Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Whitewood.
A home is marked after emergency crews searched it, seen here Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Pilgrim's Knob.
When the Dismal Creek overflowed its banks it washed cars on top of each other at M&M Body Shop, seen here Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Whitewood.
The Whitewood House of Worship Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Whitewood, Va.
The Red Cross shelter was established in the Twin Valley Elementary School, seen here Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Oakwood.
