WV and National Disaster News - March 3, 2023

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COVID
WV's COVID-19 Weekly Update 3-1-2023 (WV DHHR) – There have been 15 deaths reported since last week's dashboard update, with a total of 7,950 deaths attributed to COVID-19. See detailed stats.  

Emergency Services

• Ambulance service changeover made in Jefferson County  (The Journal)

• Operation and Maintenance Dredging and Dredged Sediment Placement— Robert C. Byrd and Racine Locks and Dams, Gallia and Meigs County, Ohio (US Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice)
• Design, Engineering Work on Beckley Veterans Facility Set To Begin  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Water

• Report: Lack of communication exacerbates water crisis  (The Register-Herald) 

• Wind, tornado and flood risks Friday in WV, KY and OH  (WOWK-TV)
• Forecasters indicate potential for severe weather Friday in parts of W.Va.  (MetroNews-Radio)
• State of Preparedness issued in Kanawha County, West Virginia  (WOWK-TV)
• West Virginia spring fire season begins, restrictions return  (WVVA-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID 

• The Winter COVID-19 Surge That Wasn't (US News)
• COVID was top line-of-duty death for US police for third year running in 2022 (The Guardian)
• Long COVID Patients Show Lower Levels of Brain Oxygen (US News)
• That raspy cough you have might not be COVID. Here's how to determine if it's another virus raging this winter (Fortune)
• COVID call centers and testing sites close in further sign US is moving past the pandemic (ABC News)

 
Train Derailment (Palestine, OH)

• Capito To Question Norfolk Southern CEO In Ohio Derailment Hearing  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Biden Announces Visit to East Palestine Amid Backlash (Newsmax)

Weather

• Severe Thunderstorms, Including Tornadoes, Possible In the Southeast Friday (The Weather Channel), related news CNN 
• Thousands withou​t power after storm hits Texas with heavy rain, tornadoes (CBS News) related news: NBC News

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