WV and National Disaster News - January 6, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for January 6, 2023 (WV DHHR) - There have been 17 deaths reported since yesterday's last report, with a total of 7,721 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 1,565 active COVID-19 cases statewide. For detailed stats, see link.

• Justice says COVID briefings will transition to regular statewide updates  (MetroNews-Radio)
• This flu season compounded by new strain of COVID  (WVVA-TV)

 
Chemical Spill

• Residents say August chemical spill still causing problems  (WSAZ-TV)
• Public hearing concerning Turnpike w​reck, chemical spill turns heated  (MetroNews-Radio)

 
Infrastructure

• Demolition grants still available in Mercer County  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

 Substance Abuse Recovery

• Seminars Focus On Creating Healthy Workplaces For Employees In Recovery  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Weather

• 2022 Rain Recap for West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky  (WOWK-TV)
• OPINION: FEMA Should OK Storm Declaration  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID

• As COVID-19 surges in China, U.S. begins testing more travelers (PBS)
• Travelers from China must now test negative for COVID to enter the U.S. (Delaware Public Media)
• New COVID variant drives increase in Pa. and N.J. infections (Philadelphia Inquirer)

 
Weather

• 'Bomb cyclone' brings damaging winds, drenches California (Associated Press)
• California Flooding Threat Could Worsen as More Storms Loom into Next Week (The Weather Channel)
• Survey: 3.3 million US adults displaced by natural disasters in the past year (Associated Press), related news Washington Examiner
• Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again, glow at summit crater (Associated Press)

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