West Virginia flooding kills 4, including 3-year-old, as more reported missing

Fox4 KDFW ^ | June 15 2025 | Steven Yablonski

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At least four people have been killed and others remain missing after dangerous flash flooding impacted Wheeling and surrounding communities in West Virginia this weekend.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey provided a somber update on Facebook Sunday afternoon when he announced the deaths due to the flooding event that took place.

Morrisey said at least four people died during the flooding, including a 3-year-old child.

"There were roughly 3 to 4 inches of water that fell in the area in less than an hour. That's very, very difficult to deal with," Morrisey said as he commended the first responders attempting to reach people in the flooding.

He said four people remain missing. First responders continue to look for the missing, and officials are urging people to stay off the roads.

ou Vargo, the director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency, told FOX Weather that as soon as the rain began on Saturday, 911 calls requesting help were received, and some people were forced to cling to trees to not be carried away by the fast-moving floodwaters.

Numerous Flash Flood Warnings and a rare Flash Flood Emergency were issued by the National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh late Saturday night and early Sunday morning as the rain was falling, overwhelming rivers and streams and sending water rushing into communities.

In addition, Vargo said drones and cadaver dogs are searching for those who are missing.

"We’re also working with family members to see if they just were displaced," Vargo said. "We also have a mass-care center set up for the people that we’ve evacuated from parts of the Valley Grove and Tridelphia area."

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Because of the damage to infrastructure, like roads and bridges, emergency crews were unable to respond to some incidents.

"We were delayed in getting there because there was just so much damage," Vargo said at a news conference.

Residents have also been asked to stay out of the area for safety and to allow first responders to continue their heroic work searching for victims.

"We just plead for you to stay away from that area and let the first responders and the Department of Highways and all the services out there do our jobs so we can get citizens back into their homes as quickly as possible."

Thousands of power outages have also been reported, but work to restore service cannot begin until natural gas leaks reported in the area have been resolved.

"Some of those houses could be in an explosive situation, so turning the power on could cause an explosion," Vargo continued. "So, the power company and the gas company are working very closely together to coordinate everything."

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While this report is from yesterday, there is a lot more rain to come.

[Da Coyote]

At least we don’t have a Biden-led pretend FEMA. Hopefully, things will be done correctly this time, although there has not been sufficient time to flush out the fema-feces (otherwise known as DemocRATz).

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Brings back memories of massive storms in the early 1970s.

After pulling a little boy out of the river a reporter rushes up, sticks microphone in the kid’s face ans says loudly,

“HOW DOES IT FEEL KNOWING YOUR PARENTS ARE DEAD!”

I had Jimmy Hatlo’s “THE URGE TO KILL” hit me.

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Hopefully the Wild and Wonderful Whites are OK.

[NorthMountain]

We’ve had a huge amount of rain ... minor stream flooding where I live. In the more mountainous areas, with steep sided narrow valleys, the flooding is catastrophic.