WV and National Disaster News & Weather - July 22, 2025

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West Virginia

Flood Recovery

• Salvation Army of Marion County looking for help following flood  (WDTV-TV) - “We’re hoping people go crazy donating to us as far as things we can sell. We lost a lot of merchandise and so we want to make sure we can open this store and be ready to go and give things out,” said Smith.

  The Salvation army is asking anyone who wants to donate items to them to visit their Facebook page.

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• Marion Co., West Virginia, Schools hopes to finish Monongah Elem. flood repairs before classes start (The Fairmont News) - “The school system is hoping that FEMA announces a disaster declaration for the county to unlock federal funding."
• Gary residents still without bridge after flood, walking miles daily on train tracks (WCHS-TV)
• McDowell County, West Virginia, birthplace of food stamps, faces a disappearing safety net (The Associated Press)

• Wheeling Prioritizing $66 Million in Water, Sewer Projects (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Cannelton Hollow sewer repairs remain in limbo (The Register-Herald)
• Future of Coal River Dam in discussion (WSAZ-TV)

NEW WV Flood Resilience Toolkit

• WVU Researchers unveil game-changing safety tool after 1,000-year flood event rocks community: 'We're ahead of the curve' (The Cool Down) – By identifying infrastructure gaps and areas at highest risk, the toolkit can also help towns qualify for mitigation grants and FEMA support.

 
National News

Disaster Response

• FEMA's response to Texas flood slowed by Noem's cost controls (CNN)
• Kerrville flood victims say FEMA aid is offering little assistance (KSAT News 12)
• Texas officials revise number of people missing in Kerr County following catastrophic flooding down to 3 (AccuWeather)
• FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response - Ken Pagurek's departure comes less than three weeks after a delayed FEMA response to catastrophic flooding in central Texas caused by bureaucratic hurdles put in place by the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the disaster response agency.
• Contact 2 (St Louis) helps tornado victim with FEMA application issue - FEMA told resident that his address on driver's license caused a discrepancy in his disaster assistance application.
• 12-mile stretch of historic Blue Ridge Parkway reopens in North Carolina (FOX Weather)

• Is flash flooding getting worse? Summer's soaking start may hold the answer (AccuWeather)
• 100-degree heat dome to set up shop over southern US (AccuWeather)
• Severe storms to focus from Plains to Great Lakes through midweek (AccuWeather)

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