Heavy Rains, Floods Plague Region: ; Severe Weather Closes Area Roads, Schools; Damages Homes and Businesses

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CROSS LANES - A half-dozen men with shovels, brooms and a pressure washer cleaned up a muddy mess outside Clifford Smith's business - and not for the first time.

Water has gotten into the office of Smith's Cross Lanes health care business, Pro Careers, six times in the past 13 years.

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Heavy Rains, Floods Plague Region: ; Severe Weather Closes Area Roads, Schools; Damages Homes and Businesses

Nearly 2 inches of rain that fell overnight Sunday along the western side of West Virginia closed roads, washed out bridges, shut down schools and knocked out power to thousands.

But Smith's problem Monday morning wasn't that he was without power. Instead, he'd lost...

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