Tombstones washed away in West Virginia cemetery mudslide

Natalie Miller

April 4, 2024 at 1:30 PM·1 min read

A cemetery in West Virginia was damaged by a mudslide this week after heavy storms.

The mudslide in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Wheeling took tombstones with it, according to WTOV-9.

A cemetery volunteer said about 150 to 200 tombstones were washed away.

No caskets were a part of the slide.

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