WV and National Disaster News - July 16, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

HEAT Advisories in WV – for details, see link 
 
Disaster Aid Recovery

• FEMA gives WV more than $5 million in aid (WTRF)
• Disaster assistance reaches more than $5 million for those affected by severe weather in West Virginia in April 2024 (WVNS TV)

 
Travel Safety

• West Virginia Transportation Secretary Urges Drivers to Slow Down in Construction Zones (WV News)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID-19

• New COVID-19 variants and extreme heat drive spike in cases across Maryland and Virginia  (ABC news – 7)
• The new COVID-19 variant KP.3 is on the rise in Indiana. Here's what to know (USA Today) 
• As Covid cases rise, CDC recommends new version of vaccine (NBC News) ​
  

• Horse Gulch Fire evacuation orders changed to warnings (Missoulian)
• Governor to consider Ruidoso fire and flood relief bill; feds OK more funding (Albuquerque Journal)

• Hurricane Beryl devastates 68,000 Harris County Texas homes (KTRK News 13)
• 'We're here for you' | FEMA offering assistance to those who have damage from recent storms (KPRC News 12)

Weather

• Severe thunderstorm risk to stretch from Midwest to Northeast (AccuWeather)
• Western heat wave to continue through 3rd week of July (AccuWeather)
• The mid-Atlantic is in a 'flash drought': What is it, and when will relief arrive? (AccuWeather)
• Relief from eastern US he​at wave is on the way (AccuWeather) ​​