Buffalo Creek , which spans 17 miles , is located in a hollow of southern West Virginia ’s Logan County and consists of three branches . More than thirty years ago , it was the location of one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history , the Buffalo Creek flood . Due to neglectful and inattentive strip mining and heavy rain in the area , a powerful flood swept through the hollow , killing 125 men , women , and children , as well as injuring over 1,000 people
Buffalo Creek flood
Buffalo Creek flood
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