WV and National Disaster & Weather News - June 5, 2025

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West Virginia

Disaster Relief

• ​LifeSpring Church to Host WV Day Pepperoni Roll Cook-Off Benefiting Disaster Relief (Lootpress)

• 'A man-made mess' flood takes over yards on Bull Tail Hollow Road (WVVA-TV)
• Dellslow residents continue to voice concerns over floodplain after recent rainstorms (WAJR-Radio)

• Milton launches major infrastructure updates (WCHS-TV)
• FirstEnergy Converts Berkeley County Coal Ash Landfill Into Solar Site (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Weather

• Storms return to the Mid-Ohio Valley (WTAP-TV)
• Strong to severe storms return Thursday and Friday (WOWK-TV)

National News

FEMA

• N.C. prepares for a potentially scaled-back FEMA this hurricane season (Spectrum News 1)
• St. Louis waits for aid as FEMA response to Missouri disasters is slowest in 15 years (Missouri Independent)
• FEMA was starting to fix long-standing problems, then came the Trump administration (NPR News) 
• Neighbors express changes they want ​to see at FEMA (WINK News 11 – Florida)
• FEMA Agency will be strained this hurricane season, form FEMA head says (Spectrum News) , also see: Spectrum News YouTube video

Health Official

• CDC official who oversaw COVID vaccine recommendations resigns (ABC News)

Weather

• Hurricane season is here, and the nation's top forecaster has an urgent message (The Herald-Mail)
• Severe storms to hammer central US on daily basis through Sunday (AccuWeather)
• Northeast in the throes of a major warmup, but severe storms lurk (AccuWeather)
• Tornado crashes wedding photo shoot in New Mexico (AccuWeather)
• Canadian wildfire smoke and a dust plume from Africa could collide over the South this week (AccuWeather)

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