WV and National Disaster News - October 15, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

 
Infrastructure

• Office of Broadband seeks public comment  (The Inter-Mountain)

Preparing for Winter

• Prepare Your Home for Colder Days and Nights (The Weather Channel)
• Prepare for Extreme Winter Weather (Ready.gov) - Winter storms create a higher risk of car accidents, hypothermia, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning, and heart attacks from overexertion. Winter storms including blizzards can bring extreme cold, freezing rain, snow, ice and high winds.

Recognition

• ​West Virginia Emergency Management Division's National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator Honored by FEMA as State Coordinator of the Year (Lootpress)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Children & Social Media

• More than 40 states sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health (PBS News)

• AECOM to Pay $11.8M to Settle Hurricane Katrina False Claims Case (Engineering News-Record) 

• FCC Chair Set to Release Digital Discrimination Proposal (Broadband Breakfast)
• Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment program stirs debate as states navigate high-cost threshold (FierceTelecom) 

Migrants

• LA agencies struggle to provide resources for influx of migrants (NBC – California)
• Chicago's Migrant Crisis (Vanity Fair) - City leaders say they have limited options, due to a lack of coordination and resources from the federal government.

Weather

• Hurricane Otis makes landfall in Mexico as a Cat 5; Tammy eyes Bermuda (AccuWeather)
• Snowfall, Arctic air to bring widespread dose of winter from Washington to Dakotas (AccuWeather) ​

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