WV and National Disaster News - September 13, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for September 13, 2022 (WV DHHR) - there are currently 2,654 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 10 deaths reported since yesterday's report, with a total of 7,344 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
 
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 92-year old female from Raleigh County, a 54-year old male from Raleigh County, a 97-year old female from Wood County, an 83-year old male from Mercer County, a 95-year old female from Raleigh County, a 74-year old male from Lincoln County, an 85-year old female from Wayne County, an 87-year old male from Mercer County, an 81-year old male from Kanawha County, and a 79-year old male from Kanawha County.

 
Accuracy Of COVID Tests, Numbers Raises Concern  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

Marsh urges PCR test for those with COVID symptoms  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

Twelve COVID-19-related deaths reported in West Virginia on Monday  (WCHS-TV)

Ohio County offers COVID-19 booster for Omicron  (WTRF-TV)
 
WEATHER
Campbells Creek residents say cleanup efforts continue weeks after the flood  (WOWK-TV)

W.Va. Among Most Flood Susceptible In Nation (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

State said to be under ever-increasing flooding threat due to warmer average temperatures  (The Register-Herald)

OTHER
13-million-dollar Resiliency Center to be built in Downtown Parkersburg  (WTAP-TV)
“We'll be able to have drive through bays for vaccine distribution, flu shots, food distribution. We'll have large meeting spaces...if we have an emergency, then we can use that as a shelter, you can use it as a warming center if people lose their heat. We can use it as a cooling center when the temperature raises. But the whole idea is, there's nothing like this in Wood County. The ability to respond to different issues, that's why it's resilient. " - Wood County Commission President, Blair Couch

 
NATIONAL NEWS

COVID and MONKEYPOX

One of Long COVID's Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood (The Atlantic)

Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no  (WHYY-Radio)

So you haven't yet caught COVID. Does that make you a superdodger?  (National Public Radio)

 
WEATHER
Rains, mudslides prompt Southern California evacuations as wildfire danger continues (Associated Press), related news: NBC News, KQED​ Public Radio (CA) and 
The Seattle Times (WA) 

Continued Rental Aid Available In 12 Kentucky Counties (Associated Press)

Radio Is Key Component To Homeland Security's EMP National Public Warning System (Inside Radio - Georgia) 

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