WV and National Disaster News - June 5, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

• FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Opens Today in Wetzel County (Wheeling Intelligencer)
• West Virginia Disaster Relief Efforts Surpass $1 Million Following Severe April Storms (WV News)
• FEMA approves more than $1M for West Virginians within 2 weeks (WOWK)
• SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Businesses and Residents of West Virginia (SBA.gov)

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
Disaster Recovery

• Pace of recovery in Minden, Nebraska frustrates some neighbors (KMTV News 3)
• Their Florida 'Paradise' Keeps Flooding, but Some Can't Afford a Solution (NY Times)
• As Dangerous Heat Hits the West, Red Cross Continues to Support People Impacted by Worst Tornado Season in 10 Years+ (redcross.org)

• NWS Storm Ready Program - 98 percent of all Presidentially declared disasters are weather related, leading to around 500 deaths per year and nearly $15 billion in damage. The StormReady program helps arm America's communities with the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property--before, during and after the event. StormReady helps community leaders and emergency managers strengthen local safety programs. See a MAP of NWS StormReady® and TsunamiReady® Sites (Weather.gov) 

Weather

• Potent storms to​ rattle, drench central and eastern US (AccuWeather)
• First heat wave of season for western US to increase wildfire danger (AccuWeather)
• Downpours, humidity to precede late-week cooling trend in East (AccuWeather)
• 10 of the hottest cities in the US (AccuWeather) ​

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