Six dead in West Virginia floods, state of emergency declared

MARION COUNTY, W.V. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - The flash flooding death toll has climbed to six in West Virginia.

A state of emergency has been issued for parts of the state after heavy rains resulted in flash flooding over the weekend.

Dozens of homes were affected by the flash flooding, including an estimated 29 homes which were destroyed.

"And we were on the ground floor so if it's up that high and we're on the ground floor, it wouldn't have been a couple of seconds before we would have been submerged and dead without thinking smart enough to break that window out just to dissipate that water enough to survive," said Vance Clark, who escaped a flooded apartment.

Governor Patrick Morrisey took a tour of the area alongside other local officials on Monday.

"Look this has been a terrible couple days. I do believe West Virginia is gonna come together and people can move past, and be even stronger as a result of the communities engaging and people looking out for their brothers and sisters. I think you're seeing communities rise up because they're looking out for each other, because that's the West Virginia way, so that's what I'm thinking right now."

Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV)

Several people are still missing, and emergency responders are working to do everything to locate the missing people as quickly as possible.