Wheeling Fire Department Public Informational Officer Philip Stahl said on the MetroNews Morning News Monday the effort to find those still missing would focus on Big Wheeling Creek within the city on Monday. He said the two dozen vehicles washed away in the floodwaters will be checked.

The death toll from weekend flooding in West Virginia has risen to six. WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — The death toll from weekend flooding in West Virginia rose to six as residents tried to clean up with the threat of more rain on the way.

A state of emergency was declared for Ohio County on Sunday following severe flooding in the area that has so far claimed the lives of three people.

WHEELING, W.Va. –Officials with the Ohio County Police Department have released the names of those individuals who have died as a result of the flash flooding that occurred in the area beginning Saturday night into Sunday morning. At Monday afternoon’s press conference, Chief Deputy Kent Lewis confirmed that six people have passed away.