WV and National Disaster & Weather News - May 13, 2025

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West Virginia
 
911

• ​West Virginia fire chief says 911 center is not in compliance with state code affecting the safety of the community  (WTRF-TV)

• Governor issues vaccine exemptions guidance; bishop says Catholic schools will maintain requirements  (MetroNews-Radio)

• Emergency Commission meeting held about flood debris contract (Williamson Daily News)
• West Virginia fire chief says 911 center is not in compliance with state code affecting the safety of the community  (WTRF-TV)

• WVDA awards over $3.3 million to strengthen local food supply chain  (My Buckhannon)

• Transformer plant stalled, new Pope elected, and West Virginia flood recovery continues: Here's a look back at the week's top headlines (WTRF-TV)
• Sewer and stormwater line replacement continues in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia (The Exponent Telegram)
• Work crews building soil nail wall below Prosperity Road  (WVNS-TV) 

National News

Disaster Recovery

• Kentucky pleads for FEMA assistance as Trump administration fires director (WHAS News 11)
• Home ruined, still waiting for FEMA years later (KOAT News 7)
• NM fire victims find recourse in court after delays, inaction by Congress, FEMA (Source New Mexico)

• FEMA Cuts Emergency Training under Trump as hurricane season looms (Reuters)
• FEMA Cuts Emergency Training Ahead of Hurricane Season (People)
• Trump's firing of FEMA leader plunges disaster agency into uncertainty (The Hill)
• FEMA review council to meet amid agency turmoil (E&E News)
• New FEMA head tells staff: "Don't get in my way… I will run right over you" (CBS News), also see E&E News and Insurance Journal
• FEMA is ending door-to-door canvassing in disaster areas  (Grist)

Fire

• Baltimore fire disrupts rail service, causing major delays across DC region (FOX 5)

Weather

• Rain to ease, but flooding problems to continue in southeast US (AccuWeather)
• Heat wave to bake Dakotas to Minnesota into midweek (AccuWeather)
• When will wet weather return to the no​rtheast US?  (AccuWeather)

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