WV and National Disaster News - September 12, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

9/11 Memorial Events

• Annual 9/11 ceremony pays homage 22 years later  (The Journal)
• Wheeling Remembers 9/11 Heroes with Memorial Service  (WTRF-TV)
• WVU-P marks Sept. 11 with remembrance ceremony  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Mid-Ohio Valley remembers 9/11, 22 years later  (WTAP-TV)
• AmeriCorps honors 9/11 by cleaning gravestones  (WBOY-TV)
• 9/11 Memorial ceremony at Bluefield Arts Center honors first responders  (WVVA-TV)

Substance Abuse & Recovery

• Appalachian Regional Commission awards $14 million to programs in substance use disorder recovery ecosystem, including two in Charleston  (The Herald-Dispatch)
• Save-A-Life day scheduled for September 14 (WOAY-TV) -  free naloxone and training will be provided by participating locations.

Water

• American Water Charitable Foundation Provides $20,000 in Disaster Relief to Support West Virginia American Water Communities (Lootpress)

 
NATIONAL NEWS

 Ambulance Service

• You might need an ambulance, but your state might not see it as 'essential' (Virginia Mercury)

Billion Dollar Disasters, a Record High in 2023

• 2023 severe weather: $57 billion in damage and 253 people dead so far (CNBC)
• U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2023 (CBS News)
• US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there's still 4 months to go (Associated Press)
• 2023 has already broken the US record for billion-dollar climate disasters (Grist)​

COVID

• FDA appro​ves updated COVID-19 vaccines amid late-summer wave (Axios)
• FDA okays new coronavirus vaccine as respiratory illness season nears (The Washington Post)

Floods

• Flash flooding in Massachusetts town leaves residents trapped, submerged vehicles  (AccuWeather) 

​Hurricane Lee

• Hurricane Lee slows ahead of northward turn as US East Coast remains an area of concern – latest (The Independent)
• Hurricane Lee's path and timeline: Meteorologists project when and where the storm may hit (CBS)​ 
  

Insurance​

• Flood insurance swamps US government (Reuters)

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