WV and National Disaster & Weather News - July 9, 2025

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West Virginia

Flood Recovery

• Morrisey: Still working towards Ohio, Marion County federal disaster declaration (The Weirton Daily Times) -  “Morrisey said some of the delay in a federal disaster declaration was due to additional information needed by FEMA."
• Ohio County Schools Rehabbing Central Office Following Flood (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Fairmont City Council votes to waive flood repair permit fees for 60 days (Times West Virginian)
• VIDEO: Fairmont to meet with FEMA this week, waive permit fees for flood victims (WBOY-TV)
• DOH infrastructure repairs continue in Marion County following Father's Day flash flood (MetroNews-Radio)

Infrastructure

• Another $80,000 allocated for wat​er, sewage upgrades in Brooke County (WTOV-TV)
• Funding for eroded creek bank restoration gets 'green light' (WVVA-TV)

Memorial of 1985 Flood

• Wesleyan professor collecting first-hand accounts, photos to commemorate 1985 flood (My Buckhannon) 

• More thunderstorms to come this week. Are there any dry days in the forecast? (WDTV-TV)
• VIDEO: More heavy downpours very possible Wednesday and Thursday (WOWK-TV)

 
National News
 
FEMA

• Trump avoids talk of scrapping FEMA after more than 100 killed in Texas flash flood (Associated Press)
• In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA's Role and Fate (NY Times)
• Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut (NPR)

• New Mexico governor declares emergency over deadly flooding (Axios)
• Flash floods in New Mexico resort town kill three, trap dozens in homes and vehicles (Reuters)
• 3 missing, house swept away as flash flooding hits mountain village in New Mexico (Associated Press), related news: USA Today 
• At least 119 dead and more than 160 still missing in catastrophic Texas flooding, officials say (CNN)
• Rivers Are the Soul of the Texas Hill Country, and a Source of Heartache  (NY Times)
• Everything we know about Texas flooding – with visuals (The Guardian)

• Kerr County commissioners debated over flood warning system that was never built (NPR)
• Kerr County authorities discussed warning systems at least 20 times since 1987 (ABC News)
• Texas town right next door to flood-ravaged county added new alert sirens last year — and nobody perished in July 4 storms (NY Post) 

Weather

• East Coast Weather Alert: I-95 Corridor Flood Watch From New Jersey to North Carolina 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday (Country Herald)
• NWS Issues Flood Watch for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Amid Threat of Severe Thunderstorms and Flash Flooding (Hoodline)
• Flash flood risks rise with severe thunderstorms Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland & Virginia (NewsBreak)​ 

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