WV and National Disaster News - December 20, 2023

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Gather and celebrate safely during the Holidays - click on links below for tips and ideas: 

• Holiday Safety Tips 
• Preparedness Gift Ideas 
• Stay Healthy: General Tips and Respiratory Health Tips 
• Road Travel Safety Tips

WEST VIRGINIA
 
Cold Weather

• Warming center to open in Charleston as temperatures drop  (WCHS-TV)

   

• Manchin Announces $1.2 Million For Flood Repairs At Coonskin Park And Big Bend Golf Course  (Office of Sen. Joe Manchin)

• More than $1 million from FEMA given to Coonskin Park, Big Bend Golf Course in Kanawha County, West Virginia  (WOWK-TV) 

Health

• Charleston Kanawha Health Dept. doc touts vaccines  (Charleston Gazette-Mail) 

• Salamander only in WV proposed for endangered status  (WBOY-TV)
• NFWF Announces $2.4 Million in Grants Benefiting Freshwater Species and Working Lands in the Southeastern United States (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Disaster Recovery

• Lahaina Recovery Requires That 'The Whole State Chips In' (Honolulu Civil Beat)
• FEMA assistance available to offset millions in damage (Gallatin News – Tennessee)

Health

• HHS encourages Americans to get vaccinated now against respiratory illnesses (Fox News)
• How to stay safe from the 'triple threat' respiratory Illness this holiday season (MSNBC – Video)
• FREE Telehealth for virtual care and treatment for COVID-19 and the Flu - for people that are uninsured or underinsured adult (18+), on Medicare, Medicaid, or in the VA healthcare system. Learn more at Test2Treat, go to: https://www.test2treat.org/s/?language=en_US

 
Severe Weather Impacts

• Rivers continue to ri​se, widespread power outages remain after deadly East Coast storm wallops Northeast (FOX Weather)
• East Coast storm causes major flooding across the northeast (NPR)
• Hundreds of thousands remain without power in flooded Northeast as temps plummet (CNN)
• 'Here we are, again': Flooding reports from around Vermont (VT Digger) 

Wildfire

• Is Wildfire Decline in Forest a Clue to the Solution? (Newsweek)
• Why 2023 has been such an unusual and tragic year for wildfires (NPR)

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