WV and National Disaster News - March 14, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
Infrastructure

• Appalachian Power announces upgrades for McDowell County (WVNS-TV)
• Sen. Capito visits future site of Milton flood wall  (WSAZ-TV)
• Manchin Asks EPA To Delay 'Good Neighbor Rule' Over Grid Concerns  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Oil Leak

• Oil Mud Leak Closes Several Roads in Marshall County  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)

Weather

• Forecast calls for a return of winter to W.Va. mountains  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Wintry start to the week but nothing like 30 years ago!  (WCHS-TV)
• Storm of the Century: 30 Years Later  (WOWK-TV)

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID

• Americans want feds to be ready for the next Covid (Politico)
• Report finds Black children hurt the most by COVID-19 (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Almost 2 in 3 Americans say threat of deadly pandemics is growing: poll (The Hill)
• Johns Hopkins shuts down COVID-19 data tracking hub after 3 years (WTTG)

Weather

• Another atmospheric river creeps into storm-ravaged California, fueling more evacuation alerts and flooding concerns (CNN), related news: Weather Channel and  AccuWeather 
• Powerful nor'easter expected to bring heavy snow, power outages to parts of Northeast (CBS News) related news: AccuWeather and Weather Channel 
• Louisiana Congressmen Steve Scalise discusses FEMA, insurance crisis (WDSU News 6) 
• Biden to sign new executive order on guns, expanding background checks (Politico), related news: USN&WR,  LA Daily News (CA), and the Guardian.​ 

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