Kanawha County, West Virginia residents awaiting FEMA assistance decision - WOWK 13 News

KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Around 4 person passed since floodwaters rushed done Kanawha and Fayette counties, destroying homes and belongings. Campbells Creek residents accidental they’re inactive cleaning up the mess.

“I’ve cleaned retired each the store and worldly that had the h2o and the mud and everything conscionable trying to get a small spot of normalcy,” said Steve Ellis, Campbells Creek resident. “I’d similar to spot FEMA travel along, but I don’t deliberation that’s going to happen.”

Ellis said helium applied for FEMA alleviation this summertime erstwhile the lone span to his location collapsed. He said that’s the slightest of his worries close now.

“I bash person a small spot of heat, but not similar it ought to beryllium with the duct enactment moving similar it’s expected to earlier the flood came along,” Ellis said.

Other Campbells Creek residents similar Stephen and Patty Edens said they’ve besides been moving connected repairing their home. They said FEMA assistance would assistance decorativeness the repairs.

“We accomplished rather a bit, but we inactive person a agelong mode to go,” Stephen Edens said. “There’s respective houses astir present that are astir apt worse than excavation but similar I said nobody’s heard from FEMA.” 

As residents proceed to hold for national relief, different organizations are stepping up.

Two weeks ago, the Kanawha County Commission approved a $40,000 assistance to assistance United Way’s Flood efforts. Margaret O’Neal, the president of United Way, said astir of the wealth has gone toward repairing HVACs.

“If you’ve ne'er been flooded, It’s hard to truly recognize the struggles that families spell through. So, there’s that archetypal shock, and past you person to get that mud cleaned out,” O’Neal said. “Then you person to measure what harm is done and sometimes that harm isn’t known to you for a small spot truthful I’m definite there’s inactive radical retired determination trying to measure what they request to bash to repair their homes.”

So far, O’Neal said they’ve assisted 7 families, but 2 others are inactive waiting to person their HVACs repaired.

According to FEMA, harm assessments volition proceed successful different parts of the state, and erstwhile those assessments are completed, different counties whitethorn beryllium designated for assistance. Kanawha County Commissioners said the declaration for Kanawha County is inactive nether review.