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07 Mar

Guyandotte River crested at 31.65 feet, more than eight feet above flood stage

The Guyandotte River is formed by the junction of Winding Gulf and Stonecoal creeks in Raleigh County and flows in a northwesterly direction to its confluence with the Ohio River at Huntington. Much of the land the Guyandotte flows through is extr...

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