WV and National Disaster News - January 15, 2021

1/15/2021

West Virginia

The simple reason West Virginia leads the nation in vaccinating nursing home residents (The Conversation)
Teachers union announces plans to sue over West Virginia’s back-to-classrooms move (Metro News)
IRS warns of COVID-19 scams in West Virginia (WTAP)
West Virginia DHHR reports 31 new COVID-19 related deaths for second day in a row (WVNEWS)

COVID-19

Drug Being Tested At University Of Pennsylvania To Treat COVID-19 Shows Promise (CBS Philly)
No Hospitalizations From Accomack Sheriff’s Office COVID-19 Outbreak (Eastern Shore Post)
Rate of COVID-19 deaths in Virginia nursing homes has tripled in three months (Chatham Star Tribune)
Virginia Passes Permanent Standard on COVID-19 (National Law Review)
Governor Hogan Announces Maryland To Receive $402 Million Through Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program (Southern Maryland Chronicle)
State data doesn't add up on long-term care facilities and COVID-19 (The Times)

National News

‘Monster’ hurricanes keep getting even stronger, analysis shows

An analysis by AccuWeather meteorologists indicates while the overall intensity of hurricane seasons appears to be trending downward, the storms that gain hurricane strength have actually been growing stronger.

Winds that hit Cat 3 hurricane force leave a mess behind

Residents in the Plains and throughout much of the Rockies will spend today cleaning up debris as a storm that moved out of the Pacific Northwest brought wind gusts that hit Cat 3 hurricane status. AccuWeather reports wind gusts near Missoula, Montana, reached 125-mph

National Guard Troops Flooding in as Washington Locks Down (US News & World Report)
Biden To Reveal His Emergency Pandemic Relief Plan (NPR)
Biden unemployment plan: $400 weekly boost, extra benefits for six months (CNBC

WV and National Disaster News - January 15, 2021

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