WV and National Disaster News - March 27, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

Flood Resilience

• WV flood resiliency trust fund still unfunded after another legislative session (Coal Valley News)

• Justice rejects solar plants bill, says it would hurt coal industry  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Phone Outage in Hampshire County  (WCBC-Radio) 

Public Health & Response

• Commissioner Carper Calls For Vaccine Bill Veto  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• W.Va. Schools Still Dealing With Effects Of COVID-19 Pandemic  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Wayne Co. plans short-term fix to EMS crisis (WSAZ- Emergency TV)

 Other

• New ICE Processing Facility opens in Poca  (WOWK-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS

Baltimore Bridge Collapse

• Cargo ship lost power before colliding with Baltimore bridge; 6 presumed dead (CNN)
• Baltimore bridge collapse reignites calls for fixes to America's aging bridges (USA Today)
• Biden wants federal government to fund rebuilding collapsed Baltimore bridge (Axios)
• Safety investigators to probe whether dirty fuel contributed to Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse (Fox News)
• Impact on Shipping (NPR)​
• Baltimore bridge collapse and port closure send companies scrambling to reroute carg​o (Associated Press)
• FEMA arrives in central Ohio for damage assessments from March Tornados (WKYC News 3), related news: WHIO News 7, WKEF News 22, and WTVG News 13  

Disaster Recovery  

• ​FEMA: Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire victims can now appeal final compensation amount (KOB News 4 – New Mexico) 

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