Wish I could live in Charleston. Never been to WV. But it looks awesome! I would live above Washington street out of FEMA flood zone.

As a teen I use to sit on those steps with friends and talke while watching the river and the college across the river.

Across the river WV route 61 Maccorkle avenue… the long road of Charleston…

amazing how they fixed the gb golf couse so fast.

Thanks so much for posting this - I could see my former home on the river bank - please do this again for any future events

great video. beautiful city

The Kanawha river the giant of Charleston…

Did you check out the elk river that was backed up from the Kanawha River?

I live on South Park road in Charleston where there’s a branch and during this time that was still flooding cause I think I went there the day after and it was flooding

Thanks for posting this video. I'm in California and haven't been able to see the damage firsthand.

I was there

I was born and raised in Charleston. Not once have I seen the river this high! Prayers for the flood victims please.

charleston didn't see any flooding like everyone else seen, charleston was just fine. everyone else got the full blast from the rain

River is high rn as well

I grew up in Greenbrier County, one of the hardest hit areas, and I lived a few blocks from the Capitol Complex for a couple years, as well. This flood makes the floods in '85 pale by comparison. I was a student @ Marshall in '85, and when I returned home for Thanksgiving a few weeks later, we took a trip to the area around the Greenbrier River, only a few miles from my home. On rail tracks a couple hundred yards from the river, there were hundreds of dead fish lining the rails. I can only imagine and marvel at the devastation this storm has brought to the home I knew.

I'm in Florida now, but I grew up in Charleston, and I've been wanting to see some footage of the river. My sister sent this to me. I don't remember *EVER* seeing it this high, and that current in the channel is really moving!

Best footage i have ever seen of the Kanawha River....How are p;aces like Harpers Fairy & CabinCreek doing ...Was home in Dec from NM...Thanks again

why build on flood zones

I wonder where the river took its destruction

Good documentary! I would guess that the Kanawha at State Capitol is close to navigable for small ships New Orleans bound and has a deep channel. I bet Alloy and Montgomery got slammed just upstream near Gauley Bridge. Thanks for your local perspective and Godspeed to the hard-working, salt-of-the-earth good folks of West Virginia! All of America is pulling for you!

The previous high I had seen the water on 35th st bridge was 55. So it is a full 10ft higher than it was then. That is the height above the water of the bridge. So the higher the water the lower the number it reaches.

Wow thanks for likeing

Wow so sad I was born in Weston WVA was my home until age of 12. I now reside in Baltimore , Maryland but a big part of my heart is still in Wva

Wow I was not there when it happened but I’m right next to Charleston

I'm og from the northern pt of the state, but I've been down that way before. I have people in WV, still don't know if they made it thru w/o injury/property damage. Never seen the water that high, must be crisis conditions for those living along tributaries & creeks. As w/u, all I could find (I'm in CA) were short little newsclips out here, so thanx for posting this.

Yeap this flooded my papa's house

I was born in Charleston WV i have saw the river flooding like this

Nice houses btw. There needs to be several drainage Pipes that go into a gorge, which They will have to build. Convert Daniel Boone park into a 20 foot Deep gorge.

Well anyway you should have knows that water is allways wet

It was about this high when they evacuated South Charleston down the river in 1961. They told me I was evacuated with my Mom getting away.

Let's everybody remember West Virginia and all the ones of been lost in all their houses in the homes just pray that the Lord will give them strength to carry-on

I hope and pray we never see this again in our lifetimes. I live about 7 miles north of Clendenin on the Roane/Kanawha line. I'll never forget that day and days afterwards for as long as I live.

never seen it this hi I live in mt hope wv use go to charleston a lot

John Byrd, what is happening with the wildfires?

might want to check your numbers I believe it was near 60 total in Wv.

Thats the park I clean, Daniel Boone :)

With water that high, I figure that all the locks along the Kanawha were not operating.

Did Winfield in Putnam County get flooded much ?

I remember seeing this

Sounds like he's on a motocycle

WV yes me

More were killed in 1969 thats not 100 years