WV and National Disaster News - May 12, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID-19 Ending

• Arriving At The New Normal  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• DHHR Secretary details how end to covid emergency will impact West Virginians  (MetroNews-Radio)
• COVID-19 health emergency is ending but faith-based vaccine clinics continue  (Religion News Service)

Emergency Exercise

• Regional members gather for Tabletop Exercise  (The Journal)

Energy & Infrastructure

• EPA Rules Mean Coal Plants Will Have To Capture Carbon Or Shut Down  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio), related news: MetroNews-Radio and WV PBR

Faulty Fire Hydrants in Charleston

• West Virginia American Water working on faulty fire hydrants in area of house fire  (WOWK-TV)

• Parents file suit seeking to make W.Va. allow religious exemptions for vaccines (West Virginia Record)

NATIONAL NEWS

Disaster Recovery

• FEMA gives partial approval for Colbert County, Alabama tornado aide (WHNT News 19 – Alabama)
• New FEMA push to reach Hispanic tornado survivors in Indiana (WISH News 8 – Indiana)

Earthquake & Weather

• More than a foot of rain could create life-threatening flooding in Texas (AccuWeather)
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Plumas County in Northern California (ABC News 7 – California), related news: CBS News
• Tornado Damages Homes, Businesses South Of Oklahoma City (The Weather Channel)

 
Southern Border Migration

• House Republicans Approve Immigration Package With Title 42 Set to Expire; Other border news (US News & World Report)
• Yuma mayor asks President Biden for declaration of emergency amid the end of Title 42 (KTAR Radio – Arizona)
• Bipartisan congressmembers call on feds to declare emergency for NY in response to migrant crisis (Hudson Valley News 12 – New York), ​​related news:  Spectrum News 1 (NY)
• San Antonio begins busing influx of migrants to Austin as Title 42 ends (Spectrum News – San Antonio, TX)

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