WV and National Disaster News - June 12, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

• The Cabell-Huntington Health Department Celebrates $1.9 Million in COVID-19 Federal Relief Reimbursement to Community Partners  (Cabell-Huntington Health Department)

• Gupta 'proud' to see funding go toward Charleston CARE Team to tackle drug epidemic  (MetroNews-Radio)
• WVU College of Law focuses grant funding on substance use disorder reentry aid  (The Exponent Telegram)

Flood Recovery

• Nicholas County Board of Education meets with FEMA to discuss budgetary shortfalls (WCHS News 8 – WV), related news: WV Metro News 

• Frontier wins big in West Virginia's $18M broadband funding round  (Fierce Telecom) 

• Drought dampens one of West Virginia's favorite industries  (WBOY-TV)

 
NATIONAL NEWS

Air Quality

• Smog stalls military base activities across eastern seaboard (Military Times)
• Northeast not out of the woods yet even as air quality improves (AccuWeather)
• Rainfall, refreshing air on the way for Northeast (AccuWeather)

GUAM Disaster Recovery

• $8.3M in FEMA assistance disbursed so far (KUAM News)
• More hotel rooms to open next week as residents seek shelter (Marianas Variety)
• Guam's VOAD discuss current activities and needs for community recovery (Pacific Daily News)

Flood Mitigation

• New Jersey Takes Proactive US Stance on Imminent Flood Plain Building Rule (Engineering News-Record)

Wildfires

• ​Two wildfires burn hundreds of acres in New Jersey (WHYY)

Weather & Climate

• How climate justice could look different — and the same — in the Gulf Coast and Appalachia (Grist)
• Arizona officials want to designate extreme heat as a natural disaster (Fox 10 Phoenix, AZ)
• Insurance: the dull way Americans are being forced to care about climate change risk (USA Today) - Smoke descended on New York City, oceans are rising, arctic ice is melting. But one of the most significant and undeniable ways Americans will be impacted by climate change is far less dramatic: Insurance. USA Today reports insurance companies across the country are increasingly altering where and how people can live in flood, storm or wildfire-prone areas.​ 

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