WV and National Disaster News - June 24, 2021

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West Virginia

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for June 24, 2021 (WV DHHR)

COVID

• COVID outbreak at Mercer County Nursing Home (WVNS-TV)
• What to know about vaccine verification at WVU: 'We’re going to rely on the honor system' (The Daily Athenaeum)
• University of Charleston's back to campus plan requires student COVID vaccinations (WCHS-TV)

• Bethany College requiring students to get the COVID-19 vaccine (WTRF-TV)
• 2 private WVa schools will require student vaccination (The Associated Press)
• Monongalia County Commission changes mask mandate for county buildings (MetroNews-Radio)
• Active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia drop below 2,000 for first time since August (The Exponent Telegram)

WEATHER

• Flash Flood Caused Extensive Damage at Cameron Elementary (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Deadline for FEMA assistance approaching for those impacted by March flooding (Charleston WCHS)
• Greenbrier County community shares a common thread (MetroNews-Radio)
• Flood of 2016: Five Years Later | Devastation of the Past (WVVA-TV)
• Volunteers fill in gaps as communities rebuild from 2016 flood (WCHS-TV)

• Five years after 'worst in a century' floods, progress is slow to repair the damage and prepare for the next disaster (The Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• The resilience of Rainelle (MetroNews-Radio)  
• Five Years After 2016 Flood, There’s Still Work To Do (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Families affected by February, March storms could qualify for SNAP benefits (WCHS-TV)
• Justice signs emergency declaration for Marshall County (MetroNews-Radio)
• MECCA 911 director assesses June flood damage (Morgantown WAJR-AM)

national

COVID

• Spread of delta coronavirus variant exposes poorly vaccinated regions to renewed danger (Washington Post)
• What should I know about the delta variant? (Associated Press/AP)
• Pandemic blamed for largest drop in US life expectancy since World War II (Washington WTOP-AM)
• In pandemic, drug overdose deaths soar among Black Americans (AP)
• Heart Inflammation in Teens and Young Adults after COVID-19 Vaccine Is Rare, CDC Says (NPR)

WEATHER

• FEMA pressed on historically high rejection rates for disaster survivors (Washington Post)
• Her home still wrecked months after a freak storm, an Iowa woman’s FEMA ordeal presages the turmoil ahead as climate disasters worsen  (Washington Post)
• FEMA Seeks More Staff as It Rests Beleaguered Employees Ahead of Busy Season (Gov. Executive DC)
• Dangerous heat wave looming for Pacific Northwest  (AccuWeather) Also see: Weather Channel
• Los Angeles County sheriff urges leaders to declare state of emergency over homeless crisis  (Fox News)