CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Officials with the West Virginia Emergency Management Division say that flood waters are receding and conditions are improving as of Saturday morning.
Emergency Management Division Regional Updates:
Region I—Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, and Wood counties.
• Waters are receding but a few homes did receive water in crawl spaces.
• As water froze overnight, some wrecks were reported this morning.
Region II—Brooke, Doddridge, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, Taylor, Tyler and Wetzel counties.
• Most high-water issues for this event were reported in Harrison and Marion counties.
• Both counties report no issues this morning.
Region III—Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan counties.
• No issues reported for Region III during this event.
Region IV—Barbour, Braxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur and Webster counties.
• High water was reported in Pocahontas County. As of this report, water was back within the banks and no issues were reported.
Region V—Fayette, Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming counties.
• One fatality was reported in Pax, Fayette County late Friday afternoon.
• Also in Fayette County, one church and a few homes reported water within the structure.
• One home in Wyoming County reported water inside the home.
• Currently, no roads are closed.
• Road cleanup continues in some areas.
Region VI—Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, and Wayne counties.
• All students who were stranded at schools by flood waters were safely returned to their homes by 7 p.m. on Friday.
• Water is receding, and agencies are pausing to assess conditions and assure the safety of responders before cleanup begins today.
As conditions improve, Emergency Managers whose areas experienced hazardous weather or flooding will begin damage surveys within their jurisdictions. If your home has damages from this event, please report them to your county emergency management agency.
Should this event result in a request for Federal assistance, WVEMD will post a form on www.emd.wv.gov so citizens may enter damage reports. Please contact your local emergency manager if you have questions regarding assessing damages.
“Some good news we received today came from Lincoln County Emergency Manager Allen Holder. He praised the mitigation projects completed there over the past year,” said WVEMD Director GE McCabe. “The projects prevented additional homes from flood damage during this storm. I’m proud to report mitigation projects in other areas worked as intended as well, making a real difference in preventing damages.”
No requests for assistance or resources have been received in the last 24 hours. Resources are positioned for quick deployment and the SEOC remains activated and ready to respond should assistance be needed.