WV and National Disaster News - April 17, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

Flooding & Recovery

• Farmington Fire Department facing flooding issues (WBOY-TV)
• Man dies after driving past high water sign during flooding in West Virginia (WBOY-TV)
• Landowners in 26 West Virginia counties may qualify for flood disaster assistance (WBOY-TV)
• Moundsville Council Learns Impact of First Round of Flooding (The Intelligencer-Wheeling News-Register)
• Highways works to assess damage from recent storms, lawmakers are told (MetroNews)
• Flood relief efforts recognized by Wheeling Island city council officials ( WTRF-TV)
• Wheeling Officials Reflect on Community's Resilience Through Challenging Month (The Intelligencer-Wheeling News-Register) 

Floodplain Issues

• Citizens raise concerns about floodplain issues for proposed MBCPR sites (The Journal) 

• Two accidents cause hundreds of power outages in Wheeling (WTRF-TV)

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
Disaster Recovery

• Lee County leaders asking for more time in dispute with FEMA over flood insurance removal (ABC 7), related news: WINK News 11 

• Deadly Maui fire's cause and origin still unknown months later (ABC News)

Public Health

• The federal role if avian flu picks up (Politico) 

• At least two injured as tornadoes rip across Midwest (The Weather Channel)
• Severe storms to rattle parts of mid-Atlantic, Appalachians into midweek (Accuweather)
• Damaging storms to roar across Midwest through midweek (AccuWeather)
• Downpours, flooding risk to return to soggy south-central US (AccuWeather)
• The 2024 hurricane season forecasts are alarming. Can history teach us what to expect? (USA Today)​