The evacuation was conducted by local emergency crews. At 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the Allegany County Department of Emergency Services reported that all students and staff members in the school had been safely evacuated to a church in town.

Rising floodwaters led to dozens of rescues and the evacuation of an elementary school as forecasters warned of widespread flash flooding through midweek.

Crews searched for a 12-year-old boy swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway and a dozen students stayed overnight at a Maryland high school as heavy rains led to flooding in several states...