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

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West Virginia

Flood Recovery

• IRS Gives Tax Filing Deadline Extension to Victims of June West Virginia Flash Floods (CPA Practice Advisor)
• Got a response letter from FEMA about Marion County flooding? Here's what to do next (WBOY) - “It's not always the final word. Your letter explains what's next, how to use any assistance, and what to do if you disagree," the division said in a social media post.

FEMA Funding Freeze

• Trump funding freeze likely to end WV program that houses homeless mothers and their children (West Virginia Watch) - “The Ramp Hotel program has been funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) emergency food and shelter program. The funds have been indefinitely frozen since January as part of the broader halt on federal funding"

Flood Study

• West Virginia launches long-delayed flood risk studies after years of stalled funding (The Daily Climate)

• Governor Morrisey signs Milton floodwall project agreement (WOWK)
• Governor Patrick Morrisey, Local, and Federal Leaders Celebrate Amendment to Lower Mud Project Partnership Agreement (WVDN)​
• EPA cancels $106 million meant for 'WV Solar for All' program (WVNS-TV) - a program meant to assist low-income households with solar energy to lower cost of electricity. 

• Workshop dives into rural weather safety in Buckhannon (WV Metro News)

National News

FEMA Policy Change

• DHS contract reviews creating uncertainty, causing layoffs (Federal News Network)
• New FEMA policy could deter reconstruction, jeopardize towns' financial stability (San Juan Daily Star) - The policy mandates that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem must personally approve any Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) purchase, contract, or grant exceeding $100,000, a requirement that the Mayors Association contends is both excessive and misguided.

• Along Guadalupe River, more than a dozen summer camps have structures in flood zones (Texas Tribune – Click2Houston.com)  

• Evacuations begin in Alaska's capital due to 'imminent threat' of likely record glacial outburst flooding (Fox Weather)
• Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater (Associated Press)
• A glacier outburst is underway in Alaska. It could send a wave of water downstream toward Juneau (AccuWeather)

• Eastern States Face Temperature Anomaly (Newsweek)
• Erin to strengthen, turn northward with dangers on U.S. East Coast (AccuWeather)
• Downpours to end much of Northeast's dry spell as flash floods return to Southeast (AccuWeather)

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