CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Flash flood watches have been posted in parts of southern West Virginia as the remnants of Hurricane Florence fall on saturated ground.
The National Weather Service has issued the watch through Monday evening in Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe and Summers counties.
The weather service says 2 to 4 inches of rain are expected in the watch area with 5 inches or more possible in parts of the Greenbrier Valley.
A flood warning has been posted in Virginia along the New River, which flows north into West Virginia.
In June 2016, nine inches of rain fell in 36 hours in parts of West Virginia, leaving 23 dead statewide and destroying thousands of homes, businesses and infrastructure. Fifteen people died in Greenbrier County alone.
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