WV and National Disaster News - October 13, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID/FLU/HEALTH
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for October 13, 2022 (WV DHHR) –There have been two deaths reported since yesterday's report, with a total of 7,457 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 861 active COVID-19 cases statewide. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 61-year old female from Kanawha County and a 77-year old female from Raleigh County.

• Mon County seniors awarded $100K through Do it for Babydog vaccination sweepstakes  (WBOY-TV)
• Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg (West Virginia) to host drive thru flu shot, COVID booster clinic  (The Exponent Telegram)
• Report says West Virginia is at a high cancer risk due to gas and oil fumes  (WCHS-TV)

 
CYBERSECURITY

• Federal, State Officials Recognize Cybersecurity Awareness Month  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Greater Fairmont, West Virginia, Council of Churches holds Disaster Preparedness Expo  (The Exponent Telegram)

• WSAZ Investigates | Flooded and Frustrated (WSAZ-TV)
• West Virginians continue to assist in hurricane-ravaged Florida  (MetroNews-Radio)

 
OTHER

• Mon EMS announces Mountaineer Area Rescue Group merger  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Report: WV Utility Continues to Push Coal, Despite Climate, Ratepayer Costs (Public News Service)
• Nearly $750 million from federal agencies to invest in W.Va. roads, bridges and more  (Local Today)

 
NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID & MONKEYPOX

• World Faces New Threats From Fast-Mutating Omicron Variants (Bloomberg News)
• Updated Covid-19 booster shots expanded to children as young as 5 (CNN)
• What the White House sees coming for COVID this winter (NPR)
• What Happened to Monkeypox? (NYTimes)
• Army researchers seek authorization to expand use of monkeypox test (The Frederick News-Post)

 
WEATHER      

• Anxiety building as people continue to wait for the FEMA trailers (WINK TV Florida), related Florida Flood news: Bay News 9 (FL) 
• Fall front triggers Tornado Warnings for Milwaukee, Nashville (Fox/Yahoo), related news: AccuWeather

OTHER

• Gov. Kathy Hochul calls for federal response to New York's migrant crisis (CBS New York) - Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella wants governor to declare a state of emergency and “Get a FEMA-like response to a FEMA-like situation here in New York City."
• ​FEMA Announces Kelbie Kennedy to Serve as National Tribal Affairs Advocate (Homeland Security Today) - Kennedy is the first tribal political appointee in FEMA history and will ensure that FEMA lives up to its treaty and trust responsibilities to Tribal Nations. Kennedy is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and was born and raised on her Tribal Nation's reservation in Southeast Oklahoma.

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