WV and National Disaster News & Weather - January 30, 2026

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West Virginia

 
Disaster Recovery – FEMA, Oil Spill in Wayne County

• WV Dept. of Health: latest tests reveal no oil in Wayne water (MetroNews-Radio)
• $19 million approved for three states by FEMA to help with recovery for past disasters (WVNS-TV)

• WV Senate OKs lifting low-income, nature-based flood resiliency fund use requirements (Charleston Gazette-Mail) 

• Wood County commissioners discuss federal funding for airport infrastructure (WTAP-TV)
• Emergency Management director fired by Mineral County Commissioners (WCBC-Radio) 

Traffic Accident

• I-77 northbound collision: driver injured by sheet of ice (WTAP-TV) 

• Cold Weather Advisory issued for the Ohio Valley (WTRF-TV)
• Accumulating snow in southern counties, brutal cold returns this weekend (WVNS-TV)
• VIDEO: Arctic trend continues; incoming snow possible (WBOY-TV)

National News

Disaster Recovery & FEMA

• Elevate Florida homeowners stuck in limbo as FEMA review delays flood recovery funds (Tampa Bay 10) 
• 4 Investigates: FEMA fiasco of wildfire recovery in new Mexico (KOB 4 Investigates)
• FEMA could still support winter storm response in a shutdown, despite administration warnings (The Associated Press)
• FEMA's Future: Job Cuts Paused, Review Council Extended (Fed Agent)

• US East Coast bomb cyclone could bring heaviest snow in decades to North Carolina (AccuWeather)
• Florida braces for coldest conditions in decades this weekend (AccuWeather)
• Severe winter of 2025-26 to continue for weeks in Midwest, Northeast (AccuWeather)
• History: 60 years ago, a record blizzard killed 200 people in the Northeast (AccuWeather)

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