WV and National Disaster News - May 23, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

Fire Fighter Support

• Wood County Commission helping Firefighters Association pay off loan  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

Oil Spill

• Thousands Of Gallons of Oil Spill from Storage Tank in Kanawha County  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Kanawha County spring trout release postponed after crude oil spill at Blue Creek  (MetroNews-Radio)

 
Prison Conditions

• PSC Investigates Water Outages at Mt. Olive Prison (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio) 

• USDA invests $16.9 million in Rural Partners Network Communities across W.Va.  (WVVA-TV) – This funding will help five rural West Virginia communities carry out projects to improve access to quality health care, clean and reliable water and sewer services, and affordable housing.
• Funding in place from USDA for Boone Memorial Health's new health and wellness center  (MetroNews-Radio), related news: WCHS-TV
• USDA Grant To Provide Rural Healthcare  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

 
NATIONAL NEWS

Climate/Environment

• Here's how climate change could make air travel longer, more expensive (WUSA)
• The little-known unintended consequence of recycling plastics (The Washington Post)
• FEMA Awards $54M For Tribal Climate Resilience Efforts (LAW360)
• José Andrés unveils U.S. food and climate institute (Axios) - Celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen José Andrés is teaming up with George Washington University to launch a new research institute focused on the intersection of food production and climate change.

 
Disaster Recovery

• Lester Holt speaks with Hurricane Ian survivors eight months later (NBC News) 

• Post-Disaster Contractor Fraud Costs Americans Billions of Dollars Every Year (YourErie)

• How to prepare for hurricane season 2023 (SFGATE)
• When is hurricane season? Here's when hurricane season starts and what to expect in 2023 (MSN)

 
Migrant Crisis

• Shocking footage shows Chicago police station lobby filled with MATTRESSES and migrants as city struggles to house around 200 new border crossers arriving each day (The Daily Mail – UK)

• Video: NOAA predicts hotter-than-normal temperatures this summer (WAVY)
• Mawar, strongest typhoon in decades, approaching Guam (AccuWeather), related news: Weather Channel
• FEMA officials in position for post-typhoon assistance (KUAM News – Guam)
• President Approves Guam Emergency Declaration (White House Press Release)
• Unpre​cedented wrath of Hurricane Agnes reverberates more than 50 years later (AccuWeather)