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Floods Sweep Four States
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keywords: natural disaster, flooding, floodwaters, flooded buildings
Synopsis: Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee are on the receiving end of brutal mountain flooding that inundates cities and towns at lower elevations as tens of thousands are left stranded and homeless in desperate need of food, clean water and medical supplies as Martial Law is declared to prevent looting...(read more)
- Date: 1957
- Duration: 00:00:55
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States









Floods Sweep Four States
At least twelve are dead in the wake of disastrous winter floods sweeping four states – Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Scenes of heart-break and terror as the swirling flood waters sweep across the lowlands and valley towns.
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- Newsreels: 1957 - January 31