WV and National Disaster News & Weather - January 21, 2026

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West Virginia 

Disaster Relief

• U.S. Small Business Administration announces disaster relief loans for drought recovery (WVNS TV) 

• Crews flushing Wayne County water system lines after oil spill (WOWK-TV)

Flood Warning System

• Morrisey wants a $10 million flood warning system, but budgets no funds to help devastated communities recover (Mountain State Spotlight)

National News 

Cybersecurity

• DHS spending bill bolsters staffing at CISA, FEMA, Secret Service (Federal News Network)

FEMA

• The Unraveling of FEMA (Center for Economic and Policy Research)
• Arizona lawmakers urge FEMA to reconsider disaster aid for rural counties (Fox 10)
• Arizona Republicans urge Trump administration to approve disaster declaration for rural flooding (KTAR Radio News)
• The consequences of climate rollbacks and FEMA cuts to disaster mitigation funding (Grist) – Report reveals how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security. Quarterly spending on state hazard mitigation projects fell from a peak of around $500 million in former administration to less than zero last year as FEMA clawed back money from some recipients. ​
  

 
Weather

• Major snow, ice storm to affect more than 150 million people in southern, eastern US (AccuWeather)
• More snow, lake effect to accumulate in the Midwest, Northeast into Thursday (AccuWeather)
• Dangerously cold air to surge through dozens of states later this week (AccuWeather)
• Massive Winter Storm to Target Over 180 million from Texas to New England with Potentially Damaging Ice, Heavy Snow (The Weather Channel)
• ​Potentially catastrophic winter storm to slam millions in over 30 states, stretching from South to East Coast

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