WV and National Disaster News - April 27, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID

• DHHR reports 15 more West Virginia deaths from COVID  (The Exponent Telegram) 

• USDA offers grants for rural homes destroyed by disasters in 2022 (WVNS-TV)
• New state law could mean longer wait for statewide flood plan, sparks calls for flood resiliency funding  (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

Disaster Memorial

• Remembering Willow Island, 45 years later  (MetroNews-Radio) – a construction accident in St. Mary's West Virginia 

• Mount Hope Dunlop Stream Restoration to receive over 1 million dollars  (Lootpress)
• Mercer County Commission looking at ways to pay county's share of dam restoration projects  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

Insect Threat

• The spotted lanternfly and why it is a threat to West Virginia (WVNSTV) - spotted Lanternflies prey on trees and plants like apple, walnut, maples birch and grape vines to name a few.

• Environmental Protection Agency ordering Chemours to address PFAS pollution  (WTAP-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS

Disaster Recovery

• FEMA providing help in Tennessee for basic needs, places of worship (WBBJ)
• HUD awards $123 million to Kentucky for disaster recovery program (WKU-NPR)
• FEMA: $18 million and counting spent on Mississippi tornado recovery efforts (ABC16)
• FEMA opening recovery centers for people affected by storms, tornadoes in Indiana (CBS)

Energy

• Here's where gas prices are headed (for now) and why (Virginia Mercury) 

• Exelon Seeks Infrastructure Funding in Push to Lead Equitable Energy Transformation for Customers and Communities (WSILTV)

Piracy on the Seas

• Climate change raises the black flag – how it is impacting Piracy on the seas and oceans (Maryland Today) 

• Senate bills aim to address railroad disasters, inconveniences before they happen (ABC74)

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