cnn reports. >> our house is ready to fall. >> we're in the car and the car is flooding full of water. >> reporter: flood water submerged people, cars and homes in what was dubbed the thousand year flood. the town in west virginia almost wiped off the map in 2016, and this past summer parts of the state saw more flooding. from raging deadly floods to widespread drought, west virginians over the past few years have faced weather whiplash and scientists predict it will get worse. >> it's rising about a foot an hour. >> reporter: jimmy raider, a retired iraq war veteran survived the deadly 2016 west virginia flooding, but his home did not. five years later he's still rebuilding. in the meantime, he, his wife and three dogs called this camper home. >> it's really tough with my ptsd.