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

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West Virginia 

FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers OPEN in West Virginia for June 14/15 Flood Survivors - Survivors can also  Apply for Assistance on-line

OHIO COUNTY
Triadelphia Community Center
4453 National Rd
Triadelphia, West Virginia 26059 -  Get Directions
OPEN: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm. NOTE: Will be Closed Saturday (8/9) 
 
MARION COUTNTY
City of Fairmont Public Safety Building
500 Quincy Street
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554--Get Directions
OPEN: Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm

Information above last updated August 5, 2025 

Disaster Flood Recovery

• West Virginia flood victims eligible for $300 sanitation grant (WTRF Wheeling) 
• New FEMA sites, cleaning supply payment available for Marion County residents (WBOY) - “Two more Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pop-up Disaster Recovery Centers are now open in Marion County, and residents can also now apply for money for cleaning supplies related to the Father's Day flood." 
• Clean and sanitize aid activated under federal disaster declaration for flood victims (MSN News)
• Disaster unemployment assistance, other benefits available to flood victims (Times Leader Online) 
• Fairmont Village Apartments residents caught in catch-22 with FEMA (Times WV - paywall) – “FEMA will not pay me for personal property until that building hits the floor," Logan Siburt, one of the building's former residents said. 

National News 

Child Safety

• Thermal camera reveals how dangerously hot playgrounds get (AccuWeather)

Disaster Recovery

• A judge reaffirms FEMA must pay NM fire victims for emotional damages (Source New Mexico)
• St. Louis City asks FEMA to extend deadline for initial application (First Alert 4 News)

Insurance

• A Hurricane's Coming—Is It Too Late to Change Your Home Insurance? (Investopedia)   

FEMA Disaster Funds

• 20 states sue Trump administration over disaster prevention funding  (The Hill)
• Trump Administration Issues New Warning to States (Newsweek)
• FEMA disaster aid could depend on your state's policy toward this country (USA today)
• Backlash Over Earlier Warning to States About Israel (Newsweek) - The Trump administration drew the fury of some of the president's staunchest supporters when Reuters reported that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds would be denied to states and cities that boycott Israeli companies.
• US reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stance (Reuters)

• Is the Northeast overdue for a hurricane? Here's what it would take (AccuWeather)
• Torrential downpours to pose dangerous flash flood risk in southeast US in early August (AccuWeather)
• Explosive wildfires tear through the West as megafires emerge (AccuWeather)

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