By JOHN RABY, The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.

Crews found the body inside Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.’s Rolling Thunder Mine near Belva , about 50 miles east of the state capital of Charleston.

A mining crew had hit an unknown pocket of water Saturday about three-quarters of a mile into the mine, which flooded after an old mine wall “was compromised,” Morrisey said. More than a dozen other miners were accounted for after the accident was reported.

WSAZ in Huntington, West Virginia, identified the man as foreman Steve Lipscomb, 42, who "was last seen attempting to ensure his crew made it out safely. All other miners in the area were able

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