WV Storm Recovery, Weather & National Disaster News - April 5, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

​Gov. J​ustice amends State of Emergency to include Barbour, Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel, and Wood counties  (Office of the Governor)

Report Storm Damage - If you have storm damage, fill out this survey  (WBOY-TV)​

• Authorities: Stay out of Wellsburg; Brooke County in a state of emergency– Roads Flooded  (WTRF-TV)
• Ohio River Swells to 41.85 Feet, Highest Since 2005, Before Beginning Slow Retreat  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• The Ohio River has crested at Wheeling Island  (WTRF-TV)
• Pinpoint Red Alert Day | Flooding persists across the Mid-Ohio Valley  (WTAP-TV)
• High School Football Stadium Completely Submerged In Water Amid Flooding  (The Spun)
• Drone Footage Shows Scale of Flooding After Wheeling Battered by Days of Heavy Rain (Yahoo News)
• Drone footage shows breadth of flooding and damage in West Virginia  (Microsoft News)
• Wheeling Island flooding, flood gates working in Parkersburg  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Avoid Downtown New Cumberland due to flooding  (WTRF-TV)
• Emergency rescue for stranded elderly in New Cumberland due to flooding; road closures confirmed  (WV News)
  
• Wood County declares state of emergency as rising river floods roadways  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Flooding impacts businesses and homes along the river in Williamstown  (WTAP-TV)
• Ohio River set to crest after biggest flood in nearly 20 years  (WTOV-TV)
• Mason County communities ready for what the Ohio is sending their way  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Flood Preps Increase Along Ohio River  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Firefighter gives account of flooding in Preston County  (WDTV-TV)
• Major flooding expected along portions of the Ohio River later this week  (WCHS-TV)

Mudslide

• Mudslide damages historic Wheeling cemetery where many veterans are buried  (MetroNews-Radio)

Storm Recovery

• Appalachian Power: Service back for 77% of customers  (WOWK-TV)
• Power restored in Philippi after high water levels cause 'significant outage'  (WBOY-TV)
• Thousands without power in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio; numbers continue to decline  (WCHS-TV)
• Garbage trucks parked at Charleston recreation centers for residents to pitch out spoiled food following power outages  (MetroNews-Radio)
• South Charleston High football players help clean up storm debris while schools work to restore power  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Cleanup begins as spring nor'easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power  (The Associated Press)
  
• Manchin Visits Wheeling, Pledges To Seek Federal Help for Northern Panhandle Flood Cleanup (The Intelligencer – Wheeling News Register) 

Storm Survivor Story

• Woman "knew I was going to die," but she survived Tuesday's storm  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

Substance Addiction

• West Virginia First Foundation starts envisioning broad goals for funding to fight addiction  (MetroNews-Radio) 

Weather

• NWS confirms tornado, microburst in Kanawha County  (WCHS-TV)
• 2 more tornadoes confirmed in our region  (WSAZ-TV)
• NWS confirms Hico experienced EF2 tornado  (WVVA-TV)
• Storm team confirms Fayette County community damage was caused by 130 mph tornado  (MetroNews-Radio)
• National Weather Service: Tornado Touched Down In Fayette County  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio) 

Other

• “Resiliency in the Mountain State" panel discusses vulnerability of local communities  (The Journal)

NATIONAL NEWS

Funding for Fire Departments

• FEMA's 2023 SAFER Grant Program: $360M for Fire Departments and Volunteers (Maryland Association of Counties) 

• What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the US (WGAL) 

• Nor'easter dumps heavy snow and cuts off power to hundreds of thousands across Northeast as many roads remain impassable (CNN), related news: Forbes and Axios 
• Coldest storm of winter and spring to dump snow in California (AccuWeather)
• 2024 hurricane season forecast includes the highest number of hurricanes ever predicted (USA Today)
  
• It could well be a blockbuster hurricane season, and that's not a good thing (Ars Technica) 

Wildfire

• ​Map reveals where in the US wildfires are most likely to occur this summer (MSN)
  

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