Emergency Declaration Declared For West Virginia

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Saturday afternoon, President Barack Obama issued an emergency declaration for West Virginia after violent storms Friday night left more than 680,000 people without electricity. The declaration follows Governor Tomblin's declaration of a state of emergency. During a press conference Saturday afternoon, Tomblin said the National Guard is working hard to help clear roadways, deliver food and water and provide other help after outages affected 53 of the state's 55 counties, the worst in recent history. The severe storm that moved through the region and the power outages that resulted also caused major issues at gas stations across the state. As of 10:00 A.M. Saturday morning, power was restored at Cabell Huntington Hospital. During the outage, some of the most critical patients were transferred to other facilities in the region. Brent Marsteller, President and CEO of Cabell Huntington Hospital, says emergency power sources for critical needs were used throughout the hospital.