WV and National Disaster News & Weather - January 7, 2025

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West Virginia

Disaster Recovery

• Richwood cuts ribbon on new academic complex (WOWK-TV) - students were confined to outdoor mobile modular units for years due to result of a 2016 flood that destroyed Richwood's original schools.
• Students settle into a permanent home at Cherry River Elementary for the first time (MetroNews-Radio)

• Steady decline in volunteer firefighting prompts increased recruiting efforts in Marshall County (WTRF-TV)

• Flu cases on the rise in the Mountain State (MetroNews-Radio)

• Brooke County takes steps to allocate $1.2M opioid funds (WTOV-TV)

National News
Disaster Recovery

• One year later, Los Angeles rebuilds after historic wildfires as year-round fire threat grows (AccuWeather)

• FEMA Staff Brace for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers; More Cuts Proposed (Fire Engineering Magazine) – from article: “These workers in FEMA's Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees (CORE) support disaster recovery and emergency preparedness nationwide…"
• FEMA facing workforce cuts, leaders told to identify essential jobs (We are Iowa time)

Weather

• Springlike warmth in East to be erased by return of cold air, snowstorm potential (AccuWeather)
• Snow and ice to precede larger late-week storm in central, eastern US (AccuWeather)
• Heavy snow, dangerous travel to expand as cold storms sweep from Cascades to interior West (AccuWeather)

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