Slate: At least 26 people have been killed in West Virginia in what amounts to the deadliest flash flooding in the United States since 2010. The death toll from the floods that have battered the state in recent days rose overnight Friday after the bodies of three more victims were found. West Virginia Gov. Early Ray Tomblin said he had requested help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist in three particularly hard-hit counties where floods have devastated homes and infrastructure. The...