Morrisey extends state of emergency for 12 West Virginia counties affected by July storms

By: Lori Kersey

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: August 14, 2026

Words: 242

Last Updated: 4 days, 8 hours ago

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey has extended the state of emergency for 12 counties that were hit hard by the deadly storms and flooding on July 21 and 22.

The state of emergency will be extended through Sept. 12 in Barbour, Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Pendleton, Pleasants, Randolph, Ritchie, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur and Wetzel counties. In the state’s remaining 43 counties, the state of emergency will end Aug. 20.

“West Virginians have made tremendous progress cleaning up …

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