WV and National Disaster News - October 7, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

WV Daily COVID Updates & Stats for October 7, 2022 – There have been five deaths reported since the yesterdays' report, with a total of 7,450 deaths attributed to COVID-19. There are currently 1,022 active COVID-19 cases statewide. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 57-year old male from Wood County, a 90-year old female from Wayne County, a 79-year old female from Fayette County, a 93-year old female from Lincoln County, and an 84-year old female from Kanawha County.

• W.Va.'s COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate Declining  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
• Active COVID-19 cases in W.Va. dip to lowest total since May; nine new deaths reported  (WCHS Charleston)
• What Federal Contractors Should Know About Vaccine Mandates (Bloomberg Law)

 
WEATHER

• Freeze Watch and Frost Advisories for several counties in West Virginia through today and tomorrow morning  (NOAA – National Weather Service)

• WVU Scientists Research Burn Pit Exposures  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
• 167th Airlift Wing remembers 6 airmen killed in 1992 Morgan County plane crash  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Energy Infrastructure: Evolving Energy Conference underway at WVU  (MetroNews-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS

WEATHER & RECOVERY

• Brewing tropical system to become a hurricane, take aim at Central America (AccuWeather) related news: Weather Channel 
• 'It's all gone': Evacuees return to see tattered homes for 1st time since Ian's landfall  (AccuWeather)
• People in hardest hit areas of Florida are begging for help (CNBC - video)
• Echoes of Katrina? Fla. Black Residents Feel Forgotten In Hurricane Ian Relief Efforts (The Root)
• Kentucky residents still waiting for help months after devastating flooding (CBS News)
• Fact check: False claim that the Navy sunk a FEMA barge (USA Today)
• Ian's destruction may lead to Florida home insurance collapse: Real estate expert (Fox Weather), related news:  Denver Gazette (CO)/LA Times  MSN/WTSP News 10 (FL) and WPXI News 11 (PA) 

COVID & MONKEYPOX

• Early signs a new US COVID surge could be on its way (OPB)
• Monkeypox has disproportionately impacted Hispanic and Latino men in US (WJOL)
• NIOSH alerts employers to CDC monkeypox guidance (SAFETY.blr.com)

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