UPDATE (12:42 p.m. Sunday) — Governor Patrick Morrisey is calling all West Virginians to pray for the coal miner unaccounted for after a Nicholas County mine flooded Saturday afternoon.

Morrisey provided more information in an X post late Sunday morning. He said teams are pumping water out of the flooded Rolling Thunder Mine in the Drennen/Swift area, and the state DEP has granted emergency approval to remove as much water as needed.

The post went on to say that bore holes have been drilled and two dive teams are at the site.

Morrisey also said that EMD delivered communications systems, making for better cellular coverage for rescue teams.

DRENNEN, W.Va. (Original) — Mine rescue teams are looking for a coal miner in a flooded Nicholas County mine.

State police said the Rolling Thunder

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