WV and National Disaster News - May 11, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA   

COVID

• 1325 Active COVID Cases and 4 New Deaths in West Virginia (WV News)

• Marsh, Hoyer urge West Virginians to use vaccine calculator on DHHR site (MetroNews Charleston)  

WEATHER

• American Red Cross assisting in flood-ravaged Huntington as families work to recover (WCHS Charleston)  

OTHER

• Nicholas County deputy dies in off-duty motorcycle accident (MetroNews Charleston)  

NATIONAL NEWS   

COVID

• National report shows breakthrough deaths regarding Covid-19 (ABC News) 
• Biotech lab hit evidence of contaminated covid vaccines (WMAR Baltimore) 

• Bill Gates says he has COVID and experiencing mild symptoms (ABC News) 

• Pandemic tougher to track as Covid testing plunges (AP News) 

• Fourth Covid vaccine may offer substantial antibody boost (New Scientist) 

WEATHER

• Cities Brace for Apocalyptic Flooding As New Age of Super Storms Dawns (Newsweek)
• Still a chance the system parked off coast could become named storm (AccuWeather)

• Dangerous storms to unleash high winds, tornadoes across north-central US (AccuWeather) 

• Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire nears 204,000 acres (KOB News 4 (NM)

• New Mexico Fire Costs Top $65M; Blaze Moves Closer to Taos (US News & World Report)

• Mississippi Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for March Storms  (Greenwood Commonwealth (MS)

OTHER 

• US Overdose Deaths hit a record 107,000 last year, the CDC says (WV News)
• Outer banks homes collapse into Atlantic Ocean (WPVI Philadelphia) 
• 1,000-pound great white shark spotted near New Jersey shore (WCAU)