WV and National Disaster News & Weather - February 4, 2026

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West Virginia 

Funding for EMS

• ​West Virginia bill proposes $1 cigarette tax to fund EMS (WDTV) 

Winter Weather

• WVDOT warns against driving with ice on your vehicle (WBOY)
• On the Record: An ice storm and brutal cold weather (13 News)

National News

FEMA

• Canceled FEMA Review Council Vote Leaves Flood Insurance Reforms in Limbo (Claims Journal)
• Pressure increases on FEMA claims office director to resign (KOAT News), also see KRQE News 13 ​

Storm Impact

• 4 more homes collapse into the ocean during North Carolina's Outer Banks snowstorm (AccuWeather)
• Mississippi families face prolonged power outages with no way to follow boil-water advisories (CBS News)
• Mississippi Governor requests major disaster declaration following brutal winter storm (WLBT News 3)

• Winter storm warning map shows states bracing for up to 7 inches of new snow (Men's Journal)
• Next round of snow begins across winter-weary East, late-week storm could cause travel trouble (Fox Weather)
• Snow squalls, brutal cold to return late week in Northeast (AccuWeather)
• Florida growers battle rare freeze as temperatures plunge, threatening crops (AccuWeather)
• Frigid​ air eases in second week of February for Midwest, East (AccuWeather) 

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