Gov. Patrick Morrisey praised the work already done at FEMA centers in Ohio and Marion counties, as well as the team behind ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey visited Ohio County today, for the sixth time since the June 14th floods. He went to the Disaster Recovery Center in ...

FEMA is now on the ground in Ohio and Marion Counties following President Trump’s approval of the emergency declaration last week. Assistance centers are beginning to open, and residents can now ...

Ohio County Emergency Management Director Lou Vargo said there are three sites that will open up in Ohio County. Two will be disaster survivor centers for those suffering minor damage from the ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump approved a major disaster declaration for Ohio and Marion Counties, which experienced flash flooding on June 14 and 15. The floods killed nine people, destroyed 37 ...

Lou Vargo, director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, has been preparing first responders to continue recovery efforts in the heat.

Ohio County EMA Director Lou Vargo said the individual was identified as Connie Veronis, per CBS affiliate WTRF-TV. Her body was found at the Wetzel County dam, he added.

Ohio county emergency management director Lou Vargo spoke at the same conference, stating that 911 calls from trapped residents began coming in "almost immediately" — and that rescuers were ...

The county has major infrastructure damage, said Lou Vargo, the Director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. 'A force you can't even imagine' ...

Lou Vargo, the director of the Wheeling-Ohio County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, said, “ [I]t happened so quickly and so fast. … I’ve been doing this for 35 years.

Flash flooding killed five people in West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three people who were missing as authorities assessed damage.

“We almost immediately started getting 911 calls for rescue of people being trapped,” Lou Vargo, Ohio County's emergency management director, said at a news conference Sunday.