Flood Recovery Update from the Wheeling-Ohio County EMA

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For those affected by last night’s flooding in Wheeling, Bethlehem, and the surrounding county, flood clean-up supplies are available for pickup at Wheeling University’s McDonough Center or Wheeling Fire Station 11 in Elm Grove.

If anyone needs assistance cleaning basements or flooded impacted areas, call 211.

Wheeling residents who need basements pumped can call 304-234-3711.

Questions for Emergency Management can be directed to 304-234-3756.

City crews in Wheeling are working to clean up debris and mud from roadways from various areas.

Any debris from homes should be left curbside for operations workers to collect.

Any roads in the city closed from last nights heavy rainfall have since reopened.

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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