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Jim Justice: “A third of the entire population of the entire state was…”

Featuring: Jim Justice, Republican | U.S. Senate, West Virginia

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Jim Justice Honors Victims, First Responders On 10th Anniversary Of 2016 West Virginia Flash Flood

Published | Video Starts at 04:07

We had 15 people die in Greenbrier County, 23 people died in West Virginia communities like Elkview and all kinds of schools. A third of the population, A third of the entire population of the entire state was without power. It was just flat. Unbelievable. But to take it one step further, we hunted bodies all over the place. We found three different bodies on the golf courses. (04:07–04:13)

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Asserts that a third of West Virginia's population lost power during the flood.

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