WV and National Disaster News - August 5, 2022

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​WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for August 5, 2022 (WV DHHR) – there are currently 3,414 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 11 deaths reported since yesterday's report, with a total of 7,184 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
 
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 90-year old male from Putnam County, an 89-year old male from Upshur County, a 64-year old female from Upshur County, an 85-year old male from Putnam County, a 96-year old female from Cabell County, an 80-year old female from Cabell County, a 91-year old female from Cabell County, a 93-year old female from Cabell County, an 82-year old female from Greenbrier County, an 85-year old male from Jackson County, and a 74-year old female from Mingo County.
  

• West Virginia officials say battle against COVID not over yet  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• FLU: Swine Flu Detected In Jackson County  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

WEATHER

• NWS issues flood watch for mu​ltiple counties (MetroNews-Radio)
• Commissioners issue state of preparedness for Kanawha with adverse weather possible  (WCHS-TV)

 
OTHER

• South Charleston residents safe after morning chlorine spill  (WCHS-TV)

​NATIONAL

 
WEATHER

• Torrential rain from Ohio Valley to New England could pose flood risk (AccuWeather)
  
• Rounds Of Flooding Rain Possible In Midwest Into The Weekend (The Weather Channel)
• Another Kentucky county gets FEMA individual assistance (News and Tribune - KY)
• Navajo Nation (AZ) Declares State of Emergency Due to Flooding (US News & World Report)
• Wildfire Numbers Don't Tell the Whole Story (The Weather Channel)
• 2 New Mexico Counties Added to Wildfire Disaster Declaration (Associated Press)
• California crews make fire gains; Washington town evacuated (Associated Press), related news: KHQ News 6 (WA) 
• Gov. Parson requests major disaster declaration to address St. Louis (Missouri) area flood damage  St. Louis Dispatch (MO), related news: AccuWeather

• As climate changes, has your home's insurance needs changed too? (WTOP Radio News- DC) 
• Do you know your flood risk? FEMA urges NJ residents to act now (New Jersey FM 105)
• FEMA Increases Public Assistance Small Project Maximum to $1 Million – (Homeland Security Today) - Simplified procedures allow FEMA to fund eligible small projects based on estimates, which expedites disaster recovery funding to applicants.

 
COVID

• 'The next public health disaster in the making': Studies offer new pieces of long Covid puzzle (CNN)
• Should you get another Covid-19 vaccine booster now or wait for the new shots? (Vox)
• After repeating early COVID mistakes, US now has the world's biggest monkeypox outbreak (USA Today)

Monkey Pox

• Map: Track monkeypox across the U.S. (NBC News)
• As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Declares a Health Emergency (New York Times)
• CDC estimates 1.7 million gay and bisexual men face highest risk from monkeypox (CNBC)
• Change in monkeypox vaccine injection method could mean more doses but may not be easy, experts say (CNN)
• Clearing up som​e of the myths that have popped up about monkeypox (NPR)