WV and National Disaster News - February 20, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

Boil Water Advisory

• Another boil water advisory issued for part of Clarksburg, West Virginia  (The Exponent Telegram) 

• ​FEMA: WV Improving Flood Mitigation, Resiliency (The Inter-Mountain) 

• FEMA begins canvassing Bridgeport residents affected by 2023 flood  (WBOY-TV)
• FEMA offering reimbursement for August 2023 Kanawha flooding  (Charleston Gazette-Mail)

See: Locations for FE​MA Disaster Recovery Center Locations for August 2023 Flood Survivors

Funding

• Inside the Governor's little-known Civil Contingent Fund, what is it used for?  (Mountain State Spotlight)

Hillside Slope Collapse in Barboursville

• Study warned slope failure likely ahead of West Virginia Target store's collapse (USA Today) 

• West Virginia American Water makes offer to purchase Sissonville system  (WCHS-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Disaster Recovery

• Biden vows to continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for derailment (CBS News), related news: Tribune Chronicle
• Biden declares major disaster status for California, orders federal assistance for San Diego (CBS News 8), related news: NBC San Diego 
• Why are hundreds of Lahaina fire survivors turning down FEMA housing? (Honolulu Civil Beat)
• 'We are still in a crisis': 1,500+ families believed to have left Maui since August wildfires (Hawaii News Now)
  

Weather

• More snow, rain eye Northeast to end the week (AccuWeather)
• Springlike warmth to build over the South-Central states this week (AccuWeather)
• Freak winds in Atlantic jet stream push commercial planes to supersonic speeds (The Independent)
• California Storm Brings More Locally Flooding Rain, Mudslides, Mountain Snow Through Wednesday (The Weather Channel)

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