Flooding in West Virginia, Kentucky kills 1; 2 missing

Associated Press

WHEELING, W.VA.

Heavy rains that pounded parts of West Virginia and Kentucky over the weekend left one person dead and two people missing, authorities said Monday.

In West Virginia, Ohio County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo said a van Sunday rolled into a stream that flows into Wheeling Creek with two people inside. He said Michael Grow, 24, was recovered from the floodwater and taken to Wheeling Hospital, where he died.

Vargo told reporters that crews were still searching late Monday afternoon for 19-year-old Page Gellner, who had been in the van.

In northeastern Kentucky, crews were still searching Monday afternoon for a man whose mobile home was swept away in floodwaters. Bracken County Judge-Executive Earl Bush said neighbors reported Sunday that a mobile home near Bracken Creek was gone. He said crews are searching for its occupant, 82-year-old Delmar Nickoson.