WV and National Disaster News - July 28, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Updates and Stats for THURSDAY July 28, 2022 (WV DHHR) - there are currently 3,351 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 20 deaths reported since the last report (yesterday), with a total of 7,149 deaths attributed to COVID-19. 

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 92-year old female from Kanawha County, a 92-year old female from Berkeley County, a 78-year old female from Roane County, an 89-year old female from Boone County, a 59-year old male from Kanawha County, an 84-year old male from Berkeley County, an 89-year old female from Gilmer County, a 79-year old male from Monongalia County, a 77-year old male from Jackson County, a 76-year old female from Marion County, a 62-year old female from Berkeley County, an 87-year old male from Marshall County, a 65-year old female from Kanawha County, a 62-year old male from Kanawha County, an 85-year old female from Boone County, an 80-year old female from Wood County, a 90-year old female from Brooke County, a 73-year old male from Berkeley County, a 91-year old female from Kanawha County, and an 86-year old male from Mason County.

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WEATHER

• Flood conditions affect homes, roads in Fayette, Greenbrier counties  (WCHS-TV)
• Southern Counties Experience Flooding With More Rain Likely Through Friday, Next Week  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Floods wash out bridges, properties along McDowell, Mingo county border  (WVVA-TV)  
• Rt. 60 closed from I-64 to Rainelle due to high flood water (WVNS-TV)
• Flooding hits Rainelle, restaurant (The Register-Herald)
• High flood waters force route closure in Greenbrier County  (WVVA-TV) 

NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID

• Tracking COVID-19 from the Amazon to Chicago (Northwestern Now)
• Can You Get COVID-19 Twice in a Month? Reinfections and Rebounds (Healthline)
• COVID-19: Updates and Predictions for the Bivalent Booster (Medscape)
• COVID-19 Updates: New Vaccine Option, Baby Vaccine Data, One Million Vaccines (City of Fairfax)

• FEMA administrator to participate in roundtable on Waverly flood recovery (WSMV News – TN)
• Broad zone of U.S. faces risk of dangerous flash flooding; More rain for St. Louis (AccuWeather)  
• These hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C. (NPR)
• Gov. Edwards says more must be done to make sure insurers can pay claims (WVUE Fox News)
• Millions in the US to endure oppressive heat as temperatures bake the Pacific Northwest and South (CNN) – also see: Associated Press 
• Map: Track the wildfires burning across the U.S. (NBC News)
• Federal disaster declared in Nebraska after derecho causes $1 billion in damage (Omaha Herald)