WV and National Disaster News - October 29, 2024

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West Virginia
 
Broadband

• Pendleton County continues to seek changes to NRQZ “quite zone" as more counties join the call (WHSV)
• Let There Be Broadband: SpaceX Lights Up Starlink in US National Radio Quiet Zone (MSN)

Drought & Fire Concerns

• West Virginia faces one of its driest Octobers, elevating concerns of forest fires (WCHS)
• Wildfires are coming to the Southeast. Can landowners mitigate the risk in time? (West Virginia Watch) 

• FEMA & California OES announce $42 million voluntary buyout program to Rancho Palos Verdes homeowners impacted by landslides (KCAL News 9)
• FEMA tries to clear up overwhelming confusion in St. Pete Beach meeting (WFTS News 28)
• New Mexico governor seeks federal aid for recovery efforts in Chaves County  (KRQE News 13)

• Halloween forecast: Where trick-or-treaters will get spooky showers (AccuWeather)
• Tropics to reignite in November with multiple storms in the forecast (AccuWeather)
• Drought to downpours: Rain could trigger flooding in Central US (AccuWeather)

 
Wildfire

• ​Oregon's record-breaking wildfire season ends with more than 1.9 million acres burned (KOIN News 6)

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