WV and National Disaster News - November 28, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID Funding

• Dunbar man pleads guilty in COVID-19 relief fraud investigation  (WCHS-TV)
• CITC: Audit of WV DOE ESSER spending reveals myriad problems with following rules and procedures  (WCHS-TV) 

Fire

• Fire in Monongalia County Home Exposes Drug Operation (WV News) 

• Mountaineer Gas to stay on West Side for foreseeable future to do leak detection (WCHS-Radio)
• Gas service on Charleston's West Side restored  (WSAZ-TV)

 
Energy & Infrastructure

• New life for old coal: Minelands and power plants are hot renewable development spots  (West Virginia Watch) 

• Free testing, vaccinations coming to Charleston clinic  (WOWK-TV) 

• WVU issues Campus Warning for reported burglaries (WVU) 

• First true taste of Winter temperatures has arrived  (WCHS-TV)
• West Virginia has some of the most dangerous winter roads  (WOWK-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Disaster Recovery

• Hurricane Ida survivors still see no way out of FEMA trailers after a year and a half (Houma Today)
• The longer power was out, the deadlier it was for Puerto Rico (Washington Post
• Additional areas in Alaska now eligible for spring flooding disaster aid (Delta Discovery)

• Brrr! It's cold out there today. How long will it last? (USA Today)
• Winterlike blast to unleash heavy lake-effect snow, squalls in Upper Midwest and Northeast (AccuWeather)
• NOAA report says declining snowpack means worldwide food disruptions (AccuWeather)

OTHER 

Rescued Tunnel Workers (India) - All 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after 17-day ordeal

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