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West Virginia
Clean Water Access
Online creators, led by MrBeast and Mark Rober, want to raise $40 million for clean water access (The Associated Press) – The nonprofit DigDeep is helping fix crumbling infrastructure in the small town of Rhodell, West Virginia.
Flood Prevention/Mitigation
Neighbors react to plans to clean retention ponds in Kinetic Park (WSAZ-TV)
Flood Recovery, Unemployment assistance…
Cleaning aid for West Virginia floods available, Morrisey says (WTOV-TV)
Gov. announces disaster unemployment assistance for Marion and Ohio counties (MSN News)
Flood relief fundraising event scheduled at The Highlands (WTRF-TV)
Williams donates $50K to Ohio Valley flood recovery fund (WTRF-TV)
Small Business Admin. opens access to federal disaster loans for May floods (The Morgan Messenger)
National News
Air Quality & Wildfires
Air quality alerts in place for 10 states as wildfires burn in Canada and West (ABC News)
Explosive wildfires tear through the West as megafires emerge (AccuWeather)
FEMA Funds
Judge blocks Trump admin. from reallocating billions in FEMA disaster preparedness funds (CBS News), also see: AP News
Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot reallocate billions meant for disaster mitigation (Independent), also see: Reuters
Disaster Recovery
New report details 'ongoing, yet uneven' economic recovery of Maui fire survivors (Hawaii News Now)
North Carolina residents can now seek state aid after Tropical Storm Chantal (Associated Press)
Weather
3 Areas Of Tropical Weather Formation Possible Off Atlantic Coast (Patch)
Fall forecast 2025: Warmth to fuel fires, hurricanes before cold air chills US (AccuWeather)
Is the Northeast overdue for a hurricane? Here's what it would take (AccuWeather)
Southeast faces dangerous flash flooding as heavy rain returns (AccuWeather)