WV and National Disaster News - September 12, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID & MONKEYPOX
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for September 12, 2022 (WV DHHR) – there are currently 2,932 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 12 deaths reported since the last report on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, with a total of 7,334 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
 
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 59-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 90-year old male from Wayne County, a 70-year old female from Monongalia County, an 80-year old male from Upshur County, a 69-year old male from Hardy County, a 75-year old male from Putnam County, an 88-year old female from Boone County, a 64-year old female from Jackson County, a 75-year old male from Randolph County, a 64-year old male from Roane County, a 68-year old female from Kanawha County, and a 94-year old female from Nicholas County.
 

• Justice, Advisers Discuss Boosters and Long COVID  (Wi Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Bivalent COVID-19 and monkeypox vaccines available locally  (The Exponent Telegram)
• Monkeypox shot available in WV health departments  (WTRF-TV)

 
ENERGY RESILIENCE

• West Virginia University Research Corp. awarded over $1.4M to develop hydrogen production system  (The Exponent Telegram)
• Renewables Outpace Coal In Nation's Electricity Generation  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)

 
WEATHER & FLOOD RECOVERY

• Only 13 houses from 2016 flood still to go under West Virginia RISE (MetroNews-Radio)

 
OTHER

• National Preparedness Month: How to ready your family for an emergency  (WCHS-TV)
• WVU continues to expand nurse training options statewide  (MetroNews-Radio)
• West Virginia has seen a decrease in overdose deaths since 2020  (WTAP-TV)
• Participants injured in Summersville fire parade  (WSAZ-TV)
• W.Va. Remembrance Events Honor 9/11 Victims  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)

 
NATIONAL NEWS

COVID & MONKEYPOX

• What to know about getting updated Covid-19 booster, flu shot at the same time (CNN)
• Second possible U.S. death from monkeypox reported in California (NBC News)
• The top White House monkeypox doc takes stock of the outbreak — and what's next (NPR)

• Oregon wildfire explodes in size as multiple blazes rage across the West, forcing evacuations and worsening air quality (CNN), related news: CBS News 
• ​Index residents told to leave as Bolt Creek fire spreads (Seattle Times – Washington)
• Weather helping, but threat from Western fires persists (Associated Press)
• Flash flooding causes messy scene across Chicago (AccuWeather) – related news: Fox News 32,
• Flooding risk rises as rain crawls from Midwest to Northeast (AccuWeather)
• Kay unleashes nearly a year's worth of rain, flash flooding in SoCal (AccuWeather)
• Coffee-colored tap water shows Jackson has a long way to go before exiting crisis (Fox News), related news: CBS “Face the Nation" 
• FEMA Offering Flooding Victims (in Kentucky) Home Rebuilding Tips (Associated Press)

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