CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two people were killed and a 4-year-old boy is missing after significant flooding in West Virginia Thursday.
A rescue effort is scheduled to continue Friday morning in Jackson County for the boy who was swept away in high water along Utah Road near Ravenswood at about 4:25 p.m., according to Jackson County Emergency Services Director Walter Smittle.
“Rescue teams have been searching for the child since that time frame with no avail,” Smittle said.
Jackson County sheriff’s deputies, state police, city police along with Ripley, Cottageville, Ravenswood firefighters were all assisting in the rescue effort.
An 8-year-old boy died in Big Wheeling Creek in the Elm Grove area of Wheeling Thursday afternoon. The boy slipped into the creek behind the Dairy Queen at about 3:20 p.m. His body was found down the creek at at just before 6 p.m.
An elderly man died in Kanawha County Thursday night after drowning in Jordan Creek near Clendenin. The man was overcome by the high water at his residence along Jordan Creek Road at shortly after 8 p.m.
Water rescue efforts in Kanawha County were hindered by high water block U.S. Route 119 in the Clendenin area.