WV and National Disaster News & Weather - August 12, 2025

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West Virginia
 
Disaster Recovery

• FEMA on the ground in Fairmont process disaster relief applications (MetroNews) – The article mentions  that many of the FEMA denials have been reversed through the appeal process. Residents are encouraged to work with FEMA staff to help them resolve issues they may have in qualifying disaster assistance.

• West Virginia will finally study how to protect communities after deadly 2016 floods (AP)

• Lower Mud River Project signed and approved in Milton (WSAZ)
• What effect will federal solar cuts have on West Virginia? (WBOY)
• Public comment period extended for WVDEP water quality report (WOWKTV)

• Storms, heat & humidity to close out summer | First Alert Weather + Ep 26 (WSAZ)
• Showers and storms returning to the forecast. Will there be any “issues" to worry about? (WDTV)

National News
 
Disaster Recovery

• Property Damage from Recent East Coast Flash Flooding Nearing Historic Values (Maryland Reporter)
• Gov. Tony Evers declares a state of emergency in response to severe flooding in southeast Wisconsin (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) ​

• Using AI to Understand Disaster Risks: New Tools, Shifting Frontiers, Chronic Challenges (Stimson)
• Under water: How FEMA's outdated flood maps incentivize a system in which risk is negotiable (NBC News) - About 75% of the nation's flood insurance maps are outdated, leaving the door open for property owners to seek their own flood mapping and appeal. Camp Mystic (Texas) did this and lowered their risk from high to moderate or low.  

FEMA 

• FEMA joins other federal agencies in canceling union contracts (The Washington Post)

• Imminent "glacial outburst" flooding threat prompts disaster declaration in Alaska (CBS News)

 
Historic Look Back

• From the photo archives: 11 natural disasters across America (AOL)

Weather

• Tropical Storm Erin forms, to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2025 (AccuWeather)
• The last time we had a Hurricane Erin, it was on 9/11 (AccuWeather)
• Downpours to end much of Northeast's dry spell at midweek (AccuWeather)

• Lee Fire rages in Colorado amid severe western wildfire season (AccuWeather)
• California's Gifford Fire reaches 'megafire' status (SFGATE.com) 

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