Online Services | Commonwealth Sites | Help | Governor

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Home  > Newsroom & Archives  > Photos & Graphics  > Southwest Virginia Floods, 2001
  Wireless | Español

? iconHow can we make this site better?
Let us know ...


Newsroom & Archives  

Photo & Graphic Archive

Photo & Graphic Archive Home • VDEM Facilities • Public Education and Outreach • Response and Recovery • Training and Exercises • VDEM Logos

What's in Response and Recovery

Hurricanes and Floods

Tornadoes

Other Weather Events

Hazmat Activities

Anti-terrorism Activities

Response and Recovery

Southwest Virginia Floods - Tazewell Area (2001)

Click on a thumbnail for a larger version of photo. Note that due to large file sizes, these may take a few minutes to download.

Flood damage
Aerial view of flood damage in southwest Virginia, 2001 Aerial view of flood damage in southwest Virginia, 2001 Aerial view of flood damage in southwest Virginia, 2001
Aerial view of flood damage in southwest Virginia, 2001 Aerial view of flood damage in southwest Virginia, 2001 Aerial view of flood damage in southwest Virginia, 2001
Flood cleanup
Sister/brother team, Annie and Jeremy Reed of Mooresville, N.C., tear up damaged floor boards and sweep out debris in one of the damaged homes in Bishop. The Reeds were working with the Ebenezer and Bailey United Methodist church groups out of Bluefield, W.Va. Josh Hite of Cookville, Tenn., used a crowbar to pull up flood damaged floor boards in the same home. Josh was working with the Elk Garden United Methodist Church group. Michigan youth pile debris outside a home in Bishop awaiting late afternoon pickup by National Guard units.
Natalie Lambright points to where the water line was in her mother's home during the July 8th flood. Lambright came from Atlanta, Ga., to help in the cleanup.    
Flood-related hazmat cleanup
Tom Stanley, Wise County Regional Hazmat Team, uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to get a fix on a floating container while Robert Wilson, Giles County Hazmat Team, assists in efforts to locate and recover fuel and propane tanks in Tazewell County. Tom Stanley, Wise County Regional Hazmat Team, uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to get a fix on a floating container while Robert Wilson, Giles County Hazmat Team, assists in efforts to locate and recover fuel and propane tanks in Tazewell County. Tom Stanley, Wise County Regional Hazmat Team, uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to get a fix on a floating container while Robert Wilson, Giles County Hazmat Team, assists in efforts to locate and recover fuel and propane tanks in Tazewell County.