(NICHOLAS COUNTY, W. Va.) — A missing miner trapped in a flooded West Virginia coal mine for nearly a week has been found dead, according to the West Virginia governor.

“At approximately 6:00 a.m. this morning, water levels inside the Rolling Thunder Mine in Nicholas County had receded sufficiently for rescue crews to safely enter. The team began their search, examining every section as they advanced underground. At 7:37 a.m., one two-man team located the body of the missing miner, foreman Steve Lipscomb,” Governor Patrick Morrisey said in a statement posted on X.

Rescuers had been searching for the missing coal miner, who has been trapped in a flooded West Virginia coal mine since Saturday, as rescuers were looking to drill into the mine.

“The big strategic goal right now is to drain a

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