West Virginia flood buyouts News

Most year-round residents in a flood-prone area in Berkeley County have accepted government buyouts through a hazard mitigation effort that began following a flood in 1996. Fewer than 10 year-round residents remain in the flood plain area of the Sportsman’s …

Another 33 property owners in a flood-prone Berkeley County, West Virginia community have agreed to government buyouts. The buyouts will give the county title to a total 116 parcels in Sportsman’s Paradise along the Potomac River. Litter control and code …