WV and National Disaster News - August 4, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

Government

WV Daily COVID Stats and Updates for August 4, 2021 - (WV DHHR) DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 86-year old male from Morgan County and a 75-year old male from Cabell County.

“Each loss is a heartbreak to a family and to our state,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary. “I urge you to schedule your vaccine to protect your family, neighbors and friends.”

LOCAL

• 5 things we’ve learned from the pandemic (Coal Valley News Danville)
• MECCA 911 asks storm-affected business and homeowners to file federal damage assessment reports (WBOY Clarksburg)
• Homeland Security IOG assisting in ongoing Richwood flood money probe (WV MetroNews)
• West Virginia University announces COVID-19 guidelines ahead of fall semester (WPXI Pittsburgh)
• ‘He knew he was going to die, it was just when’: Nurses concerned about unvaccinated COVID-19 patients (WSAZ Huntington)
• Active COVID-19 cases near 2,600 as delta variant spreads; sweepstakes registration extended (Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

National

Weather

• Climate change to worsen heat waves in Northern Hemisphere, studies warn (Washington Post)
• Hot, gusty weather could mean explosive fire growth in West (Associated Press)
• Kentucky Gov. Beshear issues State of Emergency due to severe storm damage in Nicholas County (WVTQ)

COVID

• Biden Has Blunt Words for Republican Governors on Vaccines: ‘Get Out of the Way’ (NY Times)

• ‘This is not hopeless’ — Navigating the new delta COVID-19 phase (WTOP Washington)

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