Miner caught in flooding found dead in West Virginia
A miner who'd been missing since the weekend inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine has been found dead, Gov. Patrick Morissey said.
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A miner who'd been missing since the weekend inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine has been found dead, Gov. Patrick Morissey said.
Local, state and federal agencies are searching for a missing coal miner who became trapped inside a flooded mine on Saturday in West Virginia.
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Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday.
A northern West Virginia area still cleaning up from flash flooding less than two weeks ago has been hit with torrential rains again.
About $12 million of federal relief has trickled into McDowell County, but residents are largely relying on each for aid and rebuilding.
People in McDowell County, West Virginia, aren't accustomed to getting outside help, so they turned to neighbors and good Samaritans to bridge the gap after a devastating flood in February. Scott MacFarlane reports.
Four months after McDowell County, West Virginia, was hit with catastrophic flooding, one of the poorest counties in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still working to recover.
West Virginia has been hard hit by storms this year, with flash floods sweeping through the city of Wheeling this month, killing at least eight people. In "Eye on America," Scott MacFarlane shows how the state's coal country is still struggling from storms in February.
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Flash flooding caused by torrential rains on Saturday turned deadly in northern West Virginia. Officials said up to 4 inches of rain fell within about half an hour.
At least six people are dead in northern West Virginia after torrential rain caused severe flash flooding over the weekend. Rescue crews are still searching for several people. CBS News' Tom Hanson is in Fairmont, West Virginia, with more.
Flash floods in northern West Virginia killed multiple people and destroyed local infrastructure, authorities said. A resident described the impact of the floods, saying, "It's sad to see people lose everything they have." CBS News correspondent Tom Hanson has the latest.