In photos: Storms, power outages take their toll on West Virginia
Robert Jr. Knight along with his wife Trenda, son Robert III and baby Hunter try to keep cool at a Red Cross overnight cooling centre in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5, 2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
A boy is seen at an overnight cooling centre located at the Kanawha City Recreation Center in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Pamela Bird helps her uncle Noldus Songer stay hydrated at an overnight cooling centre located at the Kanawha City Recreation Center in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Heather Chaffee takes care of her baby son Christian at an overnight cooling center located the Kanawha City Recreation Center in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Resident Mary Booker inspects the damage after a large tree fell on her home in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
A worker cuts away damaged limbs in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Damage caused by falling trees, power lines and debris is seen in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Resident Philann White takes photos of the damage at a neighbour's home in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Residents survey damage as many roads were still blocked due to fallen trees, power lines and debris in Charleston, West Virginia Thursday, July 5/2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Kelley Plymale, 50, who uses oxygen to assist her breathing due to a health condition, tries to stay cool as she sits on the front porch of her home in St. Albans, located just outside of Charleston, West Virginia on Friday, July 6, 2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Kay Rotz, 56, drops of several bags of rotting food at one of several locations where residents can drop off spoiled foods near Charleston, West Virginia Friday, July 6, 2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Lonnie Cogar, an EMT, delivers a truck load of ice and to Riverside High School near Charleston, W. Va., on Friday, July 5, 2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail