WV and National Disaster News - December 5, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

Disaster Recovery

• Marion County Soup Opera Gets Support from Local Organizations After Devasting Flood (WDTV-TV) 

• EPA Seeks to Cut Methane Emissions From Oil And Gas  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio) 

• West Virginia Mayor Calls for Review of Utility Companies After Gas Outage  (WV News)
• Optimum reacts 'positively' following stern orders from West Virginia PSC  (WBOY-TV)
• Planned power outage that will affect Harrison, Taylor counties moved to Saturday (WBOY)

Weather

• Snowflake sightings this week and some happy ski resorts  (WCHS-TV)
• Snow coming to the Ohio Valley on Tuesday (WTRF-TV)
• Quick-moving weather system could leave behind 6 inches of snow in the West Virginia mountains  (Metro News-Radio)
• Brooke County EMA to host meeting to prepare residents for winter weather  (WTRF-TV)
• WV mountains could get up to 6" of snow this week  (WBOY-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Disaster Recovery

• FEMA seeks long-term housing for Maui evacuees (Hawaii News Now)

Health

• U.S. flu cases on the rise while RSV may be peaking, health officials say (PBS.org)

Volcano Erupts

• Mount Marapi Volcano (Indonesia) Eruption Kills At Least 22  (The Weather Channel)

• Atmospheric river to dump over six inches of rain on Northwest, brings significant flood threat (CNN), related news: AccuWeather 
• Powerful weekend storm to bring rain, possible snow to millions in East (AccuWeather)
• Clipper storm to spread snow, rain from Midwest to mid-Atlantic ahead of big warmup (AccuWeather)