WV and National Disaster News - May 4, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

Disaster Recovery

• ​Fayette County Commission to look into dispersal of flood funds (Lootpress) 

• Council votes to update Berkeley Co. Emergency Operations Plan  (The Journal) 

• City of Elkins discusses ways to use opioid settlement funding  (MetroNews-Radio) 

• A second day of snowfall sets historic records in some W.Va. locations  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Frost Advisory until tomorrow in parts of Greenbrier, Monroe, Pendleton, and Summers Counties (NOAA)

 
NATIONAL NEWS

Disaster Recovery

• For some Orlo Vista residents, the nightmare of Hurricane Ian remains (WFTV News 9 – Florida)
• Congressman Byron Donalds visits family who will lose FEMA trailer in August (WINK TV – Florida)
• Woman not ready to give up FEMA trailer (KPLX News 7 – Louisiana) 

• FEMA, NOAA, other agencies outline preparedness efforts during tour stop (WLBT3 - Mississippi)
• Sanibel residents raise homes to combat future flooding from hurricanes (WBBH News 2 – Florida)
• Texas counties spend millions on ice-storm recovery, when will they be reimbursed? (KXAN News 21 - TX) 

 
Weather

• Hurricane Preparedness Week: Storm surge remains deadly part of hurricane season (WFTX News 4 - Florida) 
• Record Ocean Temps and a Predicted El Niño Have Weather Forecasters on Watch (WRC)
• Great Plains, Mississippi Valley on alert for severe Weather (AccuWeather)
• California weather: Slow-moving storm to bring a month's worth of rain and unusually low temperatures (AccuWeather) 

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