WV and National Disaster News - August 23, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for August 23, 2022 (WV DHHR) There have been two deaths reported since the last report (yesterday, 8/22/22), with a total of 7,253 deaths attributed to COVID-19.  DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 60-year-old male from Kanawha County and a 74-year-old male from Greenbrier County. There are currently 2,632 active COVID-19 cases statewide.​

• Gamble: Stay Vigilant Against COVID-19 as Students Return to School  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Mountaineer Rental Assistance Program limiting funds to focus on first timers, phasing out COVID pandemic assistance (WTOV)​

• Beckley CERT Training to Start  (WVNS-TV)

• Flood response update: Justice to tour areas of Kanawha County Tuesday (WV MetroNews)
• Residents in Big Ugly, West Virginia area cleaning up after flood  (WOWK-TV)

• Potomac Valley Hospital receiving $313K in pandemic relief funds  (The Associated Press)
• Mid-Ohio Valley health facilities receive ARPA funding  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Prosecutor: It was judge's purview to reject plea deal in nuclear secrets case  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Police chief: Suspect with 'hoax bomb' charged with two counts of threats of terrorist acts (with VIDEO of press conference)  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph), related news: WSAZ-TV, WVNS-TV, MetroNews-Radio, and The Associated Press

 
NATIONAL NEWS

COVID & Monkey Pox

• Where to buy face masks and at-home tests as CDC relaxes COVID-19 guidelines (USA Today)
• Monkeypox has reached all 50 states (The Hill)

 
WEATHER

• Dallas Flooding: One Dead, State Of Disaster Declared (The Weather Channel), related news: Dallas Morning News (TX), CNN, AccuWeather  and CBS News - emergency responders conducted nearly 200 water recues and parts of the Southwest remain under flood warnings as monsoon rains drenched communities across parts of six states.

• Evacuations in place in Duncan, Arizona amid flooding (Fox 10 News – Arizona), related news NBC News 
• Heavy rains and flooding threaten drought-stricken South and Southwest (Axios)
• Eastern KY flood victim says flood caused mold, but FEMA assistance was denied (WTVQ News 36 – Kentucky)
• Sen. Warner (VA) says FEMA's damage valuation process is unfair (Bristol Herald Courierr – Virginia) 

 
OTHER

• More private insurers may look to fill flood insurance gap (InsuranceNewsNet)
• Hurricane season could affect gas prices (CBS 19 news)
• Inside the Making of N.Y.C.'s Bizarre Nuclear War P.S.A. (NY Times​