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Two Dead As Flooding Hits West Virginia




An eight-year-old boy is pulled into floodwaters in Wheeling and a four-year-old boy is still missing in Ravens wood.

Two people have died and a young boy is missing after thunderstorms in West Virginia caused widespread flooding and left thousands of people without power.

An eight-year-old boy was walking with his sister and mother when he slipped in water and was pulled under in the city of Wheeling.

Deputy Police Chief Martin Kimball told The Intelligencer the boy, identified as Emanual Williams, was found around three hours later and pronounced dead in hospital.

Authorities were searching for a boy, thought to be aged four years old, who was swept away while playing in the water in Ravenswood.
Rescuers were using boats to search for the child, WOWK TV reported.

Ripley Fire Department said the search was called off on Thursday night for safety reasons.
A man was confirmed to have drowned in Clendenin, Kanawha County, on Thursday evening, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

Chris Stadelman, communications director for Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, said some areas are "probably looking at flooding that's going to be the worst in 100 years".

He said some areas were "devastated", with the hardest hit counties including Greenbrier, Nicholas, Fayette, Kanawha and Webster.

The storms left around 40,000 people without power throughout much of the day.

Professional golfer Bubba Watson, who has a home at The Greenbrier resort, tweeted a photo of the flooded golf course.

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency in 44 if the 55 counties in the state, with some areas cut off because of damage to roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

Roads in several counties were closed due to flooding or because of damage caused by water, CBS News reported.

It comes after eight tornadoes damaged rural communities in northern Illinois on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service said an EF2 tornado, with estimated wind speeds of between 115 and 125 mph, cut a path 11 miles long into the city of Pontiac.

A second EF2 tornado, with wind speeds of 116mph, cut an eight-mile path from Marseilles to Seneca, while weaker tornadoes hit Cissna Park, Ottawa, Troy Grove, West Brooklyn and Mazon.


No injuries have been reported.

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