WV and National Disaster News - June 9, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA ​
Air Quality

• West Virginia continues to deal with hazy skies from Canadian fires (Metro News)
• Canadian Wildfire Smoke Lingers Over W.Va. (WV Public Broadcasting)

​Check your Air Quality Index at AirNow.gov

 
Flood Recovery

• City of Bluefield to have town hall meeting June 13 to discuss flooding (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

Infrastructure

• Gov. Justice announces funding for broadband in 2 West Virginia parks (WBOY)
• Officials ready to break ground on another section of Corridor H from Kerens to Parsons (Metro News)
• Year-long bridge closure will start in Harrison County Monday (WBOY)

Overdose Epidemic

• Drug Czar, Dr. Gupta, Visits W.Va. To Discuss Overdose Epidemic (WV Public Broadcasting), related news: Metro News

Power Outage

• Power outage to impact 1,500 Wetzel and Marion County residents (WBOY)

NATIONAL NEWS 
 
Air Quality

• Americans could face days, weeks of smoky siege; public schools go remote: East Coast air quality updates (USA Today)
• Air quality over the US and Canada is slowly getting better. But the threat of more wildfires sending smoke across the border looms (CNN)
• Air quality improves in New York City, Tri-State after smoke from Canada wildfires (ABC – 7)

Flood

• Northern New Mexico residents mitigating flooding near burn scar areas (KOAT News 7 – New Mexico)
• Double-digit flood insurance rate increases are hitting Texans as hurricane season begins (KTRK News 7 – Texas)

 
Weather

• ​El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S. (NPR)

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