WV and National Disaster News - June 28, 2023

• ​​WV Weekly COVID Update for June 28, 2023​ (WV DHHR) - ​​there has been one death reported since last week’s dashboard update, with a total of 8,156 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the death of an 87-year old male from Monongalia County.​

• Ohio Valley's Severe Flood Risk Among The Highest, Report Shows (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

• Great Cacapon Vol. Fire Dept. to receive $51,000 federal training, gear grant (Paywalled) (Morgan Messenger)
• Brooke County thrilled to get a piece of billion dollar broadband package  (WTRF-TV)
• OPINION: Broadband: Expansion of service requires swift action  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Air Quality Alerts

• Pittsburgh skyline nearly vanishes as smoke descends over city (AccuWeather)
• Dangerous heat forecast for Texas, south-central US; air-quality concerns in Midwest: Wednesday weather (USA Today)
• Over 80 million people from the Midwest to the East Coast are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts to the US (CNN)

Disaster Recovery

• FEMA building new community in Englewood East to aid hurricane-impacted families (WBBH News 2 – Florida)

Weather

• Derecho risk to return to central US later this week (AccuWeather)
• Deadly heat roasts Texas as temperatures top triple digits (AccuWeather)  
• Be aware of excessive heat dangers (CBS – Miami)  
• A plume of Saharan dust is moving over the tropical Atlantic, so what does that mean for hurricane season? (WTLV Jacksonville, FL)

 Other

• FEMA Administrator talks climate change, disasters with locals at WSCC (Ludington Daily News – Michigan)
• The latest fight over Puerto R​ico's shattered grid (Politico)
• Insurers pull back from vulnerable states amid climate risks (The Hill)

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