TRIADELPHIA, West Virginia — Late last Saturday night, an unexpected torrent of rain devastated this community here and in Wheeling in West Virginia‘s Ohio County. It overwhelmed creeks, swept away homes and cars, submerged dozens of them, took the lives of eight people, including a three-year-old, and left a community grieving.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R-WV) said that upward of four inches of rain fell in parts of Wheeling and Ohio County within about half an hour last Saturday evening, and one person remains missing.