WV and National Disaster News - September 11, 2024

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West Virginia

• FEMA tops $2 million in recent disaster assistance deployment (WCHS)
• FEMA Approves Over $2 Million in Disaster Aid for Central West Virginia Following April 2024 Storms (WVNews)

National News

Disaster Recovery

• Six bridges damaged in Ruidoso disaster had been awaiting repairs from flood 16 years ago (Source New Mexico)

• ​FEMA discusses importance of 'being ready' for disasters during National Preparedness Month (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 

Restoration/Flood Prevention

• Spotlight on the Supawna Meadows restoration project (Dredging Today) 

• Hurricane Francine bearing down on Louisiana; Landfall early Wednesday evening (AccuWeather)
• Some in Lafourche Parish seek higher ground ahead of Francine (WGNO News 11)
• James Madison University professor links pollution with lightning strikes (Virginia Mercury)

 
Wildfire

• Man arrested on arson charges as wildfires burn out of control in Southern California and more evacuations are ordered (AP/CNN)
• Heavy winds expected to fuel raging Davis Fire south of Reno (Las Vegas Review Journal)
• FEMA approves aid for 33,000-acre Line Fire in San Bernardino County (Victorville Daily Press)
• Gov. Gavin Newsom requests FEMA support for fires raging in Southern California (KCAL News 9)