WV and National Disaster News - May 24, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA 

• Local health departments urge vaccinations as outbreaks are reported and infection rate remain elevated (The Exponent Telegram)  
• COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Held Outside Bethlehem Apostolic Temple in North Wheeling (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)  
• Senior centers mapping out reopening following Justice announcement (MetroNews-Radio)  
• WV Power is back in action; no masks required at Appalachian Power Park (WCHS-TV)  
• Supply chain disruptions, item shortages to continue in West Virginia for some time, officials say (The Exponent Telegram)  
• Biden OKs disaster declaration for West Virginia flooding (The Associated Press) 

• West Virginia granted federal disaster relief aid for 2021 storms and flooding (WOWK-TV)  

• Capito says federal probe of how sexual abuse went on at Beckley VA hospital is warranted (MetroNews-Radio)  
• AARP encourages West Virginians to take advantage of Emergency Broadband internet supplement  (MetroNews-Radio) 
• Gayle Manchin: ‘The Stars Have Just Lined Up’ for West Virginia, Appalachia (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)   

National 

COVID

• New COVID-19 Cases Haven't Been This Low In The U.S. Since Last June (NPR) 
• Two doses of Covid vaccines provide effective protection against variant found in India: Study (CNBC) 
• Coronavirus numbers continue to improve as vaccination rates climb (LA Daily News) 
• The Vaccine Class Gap (NY Times) 

FEMA Supported COVID Vaccination sites to Close:

Oakland Coliseum (Yahoo news)

Philly, PA (CBS news)

Chicago, IL  (WGN9)

Central Florida (Bay News 9)

Weather

• Tropical Storm Ana exits with a whimper but also a warning as first named storm of year (USA Today)

• Luckless Lake Charles: Louisiana city battered by extreme weather – again   (The Guardian/Yahoo News)

• Rain to ease but historic flooding to continue for Texas, Louisiana  (AccuWeather)

• Sen. Kennedy Asks Biden To Delay Flood Insurance Hikes; Other NFIP related stories (Insurance news Net)