WV and National Disaster & Weather News - July 11, 2025

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West Virginia 

Flood Recovery

• OPINION: Federal Assistance Needed In Ohio Co. (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)  
• Capito pushes for federal aid as Ohio County flood victims await FEMA support (WTOV-TV) 
• Capito anticipates disaster declaration soon for West Virginia counties hit by flooding (The Parkersburg News & Sentinel)  
• Morgantown giving away surplus materials to help community after recent storms, flooding (WDTV-TV) 
• Music, bikes, and a mission—Band Bash rocks for local flood relief (WTRF-TV)  

• Ohio County and Texas floods highlight urgent need for improved emergency warning systems (WTOV-TV) 
• Bridgeport (West Virginia) City Council seeking more FEMA funding for additional damage on Thompson Drive (The Exponent Telegram)  

• Mayor highlights challenges in Belle's ongoing infrastructure overhaul efforts (WCHS-TV) 
• Flood frustrations still an issue in Rand (WSAZ-TV)  
• Monongalia County-based Clinton Water District investigating problems, distributing water to those affected (MetroNews-Radio)  

Weather

• VIDEO: Meteorologists take deeper look at flash flooding in West Virginia, Texas (WCHS-TV)  
• What causes flash flooding to happen? An in-depth explainer (CBS News)  

National News 

Flooding

• Flash flooding kills 6 in North Carolina after days of heavy rain (AccuWeather)
• Video shows flash floods hitting DC, Philadelphia as death toll rises in Texas (USA Today) 

 
FEMA

• FEMA blamed for holding up billions in grants to fight terrorism, officials claim  (The Independent)
• Texas Flood Aftermath Shows How Trump Is Breaking FEMA (Rolling Stone)
• Kristi Noem Faces Investigation Over FEMA's Response to Texas Floods (Newsweek)  
• FEMA waited 3 days to send rescue crews to Texas (Axios)
• New report on Kristi Noem's 3-day delay of Texas flood rescue (MSNBC)

• Trump's NOAA nominee backs deep budget cuts amid rising disaster toll (Environmental Health News) 

Texas Floods

• Texas floods: Death toll reaches at least 120 people as recovery efforts continue (The Guardian)
• Camp Mystic's owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him (AccuWeather)
• Trump to visit central Texas after deadly floods (CNN), related news: CNN
• FEMA records show Kerr County didn't alert all cell phones as flooding began  (NBC DFW News)
• Trump calls for alarms after deadly Texas floods (NBC News)

 
Weather

• New flash flood threat looms in Texas as heat scorches recovery zone (AccuWeather)
• Is the US seeing worse flooding this summer? Here's what's happening (AccuWeather) ​

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