WV and National Disaster News & Weather - September 5, 2025

9/5/2025

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West Virginia

Infrastructure

Stormwater Management Project To Alleviate Elm Run Drainage Problems Continues (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
West Virginia submits final proposal for $1.2 billion in federal broadband dollars (WBOY-TV)

Safety Response Training

CERT classes begin in Beckley (WVNS-TV)

Weather

Severe storms possible Friday afternoon and evening (WOWK-TV)
Summer returns for a day before unsettled weather returns tonight (WVVA-TV)

National News

Disaster Mitigation (disaster projects that lessen or prevent disaster damage)

FEMA failed to make grants for months to critical disaster program (The Daily World)
The urgency of flood mitigation: Who is going to pay for all of this? (Stormwater Solutions)

Disaster Recovery

NC Gov. says federal gov. should do more to help with Helene recovery (WHNS News 21)
'Unprecedented': New Mexico groups blast Trump policy to block disaster aid for undocumented immigrants (Santa Fe New Mexican)
It's not unusual to wait for federal aid after flooding (Spectrum news 13)
FEMA begins storm damage assessment on Chicago's Southwest Side after August floods (CBS News)

FEMA

House bipartisan FEMA overhaul bill clears committee (E&E News), related news: The Center Square
McDonald Rivet, Moolenaar back legislation to expedite FEMA funding (Midland Daily News)

Weather

NWS expands instant flood mapping tool to cover 60% of population (AccuWeather)
An uneasy, uncertain hurricane forecast kicks off September (USA Today)
Gulf on alert for hurricanes during 2nd half of September (AccuWeather)
Severe storms to spring to life in eastern US (AccuWeather)

WV and National Disaster News & Weather - September 5, 2025

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