WV and National Disaster News - November 13, 2024

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West Virginia

Disaster Recovery

• West Virginia's Recovery Progress: Federal Assistance and Community Efforts After Severe Storms (WV News)
• West Virginia recovering 160 days after floods and landslides  (FEMA)

Fire

• Campfires now banned in most of Mon National Forest (WBOY-TV)
• Monongahela National Forest issues fire restriction on all National Forest land  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Monongahela National Forest issues forest-wide fire restriction  (The Exponent Telegram)

 
Infrastructure

• New water line project underway in South Charleston (WCHS-TV)
• WV DOT Ready for Winter  (WCBC-Radio)

Transportation

• WVDOH looking closely at fiery I-64 crashes in Cabell County (WSAZ-TV)
• West Virginia granted $992k for road safety; $240k granted to Wheeling (WTRF-TV)
• Federal Funds Help Support Safer Streets  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Volunteering

• Mason County man volunteers in Hurricane Helene relief  (WOWK-TV) 

National News

Helene Disaster Recovery

• FEMA works on housing in North Carolina after Helene (Blueridge Public Radio News)
• Helene: Federal legislation seeks $15B in assistance (The Avery Journal)
• Deadline for Florida residents to apply for free Operation Blue Roof is Thursday (ClickOrlando.com)

Weather

• Is there any more rain coming soon for the Northeast to ease drought, fire danger? (AccuWeather)
• Hurricane Sara to soon f​orm in Caribbean, track into Florida next week (AccuWeather)
• Torrential downpours threaten flash flooding in southern, central US (AccuWeather)
• New storm with rain, snow already eyeing Northwest (AccuWeather)
• Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing hopes it would start to drop in 2024 (AccuWeather)

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