WV and National Disaster News - April 19, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

 
Flood Mitigation

• Buckhannon (West Virginia) City Council listens to information FEMA Flood Mitigation (WV News) 

Severe Weather Impacts

• Heavy winds cause road closures, power outages in Marion Co., West Virginia (WV News)
• Weathered Report: Thunderstorms, high winds, hail batter the Mid-Ohio Valley (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Theft and vandalism reported at home struck by billboard (WSAZ)
• Wirt County softball and baseball teams contend with flooded fields (WTAP-TV)

Hazardous Chemicals

• Ohio village says a resident dumped 100 gallons of used motor oil with diesel fuel and kerosene down a drain (WTRF-TV) 

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
Cybersecurity

• Meta's AI chatbot is coming to social media. Misinformation may come with it. (Philly Inquirer)

Disaster Recovery

• Cape Coral (Flordia) 'operational team' working with FEMA (Cap Coral Breeze), related news: WZVN News 7 
• FEMA details housing options for Maui wildfire survivors (Maui Now) 
• Multistate 911 outage shows fragility of systems (NBC News)

 
Weather

• Atlantic hurricane season 2024 could be record-breaking, forecasts say (Philly Inquirer)
• Potentially da​maging frosts and freezes coming to Midwest, Northeast (AccuWeather)
• Downpours, flooding risk to return to soggy south-central US (AccuWeather) ​

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