WV and National Disaster News - August 22, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

WV Daily COVID Update and Stats for August 22, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There have been 17 deaths reported since the last report on Friday - Aug. 19, 2022, with a total of 7,251 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 2,706 active COVID-19 cases statewide.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 13-year old female from Nicholas County, a 96-year old female from Cabell County, a 58-year old male from Hancock County, an 83-year old male from Boone County, a 90-year old male from Ohio County, an 87-year old female from Mineral County, a 91-year old female from Kanawha County, a 66-year old male from Raleigh County, a 69-year old female from Marion County, a 77-year old male from Webster County, an 88-year old female from Webster County, an 86-year old male from Putnam County, a 59-year old male from Kanawha County, a 79-year old male from Berkeley County, an 84-year old male from Cabell County, a 59-year old female from Mineral County, and a 92-year old male from Kanawha County. 

• Public health officials continue to urge vaccination as U.S. deals with COVID, monkeypox and polio  (The Exponent Telegram)
• Governor Justice hopes school systems can focus on fundamentals not COVID  (WCBC-Radio)

 
FLOOD RECOVERY & WEATHER

• Weekend showers make summer 2022 the wettest on record for W.Va.  (WCHS-TV)
• Boone flooding latest in summer that won't quit (WSAZ-TV)
• Flash flooding strikes Southern West Virginia Sunday morning  (WCHS-TV)
• West Virginia National Guard to help with flood recovery in Kanawha County (MSN)
• Rand, West Virginia residents deal with constant high water disasters (WOWK-TV)
• Community works to cleanup mud after downpour brings flooding  (WSAZ-TV)
• Flood ravaged Jackson County schools on track to open this Wednesday  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Flash flood warnings issued for parts of West Virginia  (The Associated Press)
• Kanawha County family of eight rebuilds in wake of devastating flood  (WCHS-TV)
• 'Imagine the Kanawha River being a rage, that is what we had': Chapmanville resident on flash flooding (WOWK-TV)

• FREE annual naloxone distribution expands statewide for September event (The Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• Remains of WV soldier killed in Korean War to be buried  (The Associated Press)
• W.Va. National Guard Assistance For Corrections Vacancies Fall Short Of Need  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

NATIONAL

• They Never Knew The Water Could Get That High (Huffington Post) - A deluged eastern Kentucky is left to ponder what it means to rebuild entire communities when "1,000-year floods" aren't 1,000-year floods anymore.

• Flash floods add misery to drought-stricken West (CBS)
• Flash flooding at a national park in New Mexico forced the evacuation of about 160 people (CNN)
• Gov. Greg Abbott calls statewide weather briefing to prepare for changing conditions (Spectrum News 1 – Texas)
• Flooding risk, drought relief on the way for Northeast (AccuWeather)
• After FEMA Overhaul, Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Are Forgoing Federal Flood Insurance (Government Executive), related news: Grist,  E&E News and WVUE News 8 - Louisiana 
• Las Vegas down to around 30 days of water (KOAT News 7 – New Mexico)
• Largest wildfire in New Mexico history reaches 100 percent containment (Taos News – New Mexico)
• Faith-Based & Nonprofit Institutions Across Ohio to Get More Than Seven Million In Federal Security Resources (Homeland Security Today)

COVID

• CDC revamp comes at an "inflection point" for agency, Birx says (Yahoo)
• FDA authorizes Novavax COVID vaccine for adolescents (The Hill)

• Hospitals wrangle billions in FEMA funding to offset Covid costs (STAT News) - Article says FEMA Covid-19 funds helped hospitals to offset costs for caring for Covid-19 patients, covering things like workers' overtime wages and contract labor. While the funds have helped struggling hospitals, they've also been used to pad the income of large and wealthy systems that have weathered the pandemic with relatively little financial stress.​​​

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