WV and National Disaster News - September 3, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

Government

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for September 3, 2021 (WV DHHR) - Link To come

Local

• MaryAnn Tierney: Be prepared for increasing disasters (Opinion) (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• DHHR: COVID hospitalizations near previous peak; Hoyer says state about ready to hit “really bad patch” (MetroNews-Radio)
• 140 new cases of COVID recorded here in August; Public health officials call trends “alarming” (The Morgan Messenger)
• Three COVID-19-related deaths reported in Kanawha County on Thursday (WCHS-TV)
• Marshall County Health Department confirms three new COVID-19 deaths (WTRF-TV)
• Schools in Cabell, Jackson counties requiring face masks (MetroNews-Radio)
• Mason County Schools makes face coverings mandatory for students, staff (WCHS-TV)
• COVID concerns force closure of Blennerhassett Middle School (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)
• Several Raleigh County schools closed due to COVID-19 outbreaks (WVVA-TV)
• Beckley ARH Hospital restricts visitors due to COVID-19 surge (WVNS-TV)
• COVID-19 UPDATE: Gov. Justice to unvaccinated: “You don’t need to die and you don’t need to get sick to make a point.” (Office of the Governor)
• Davis Health System to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for all employees (WBOY-TV)
• Kanawha County's TEAM Vaccinate program to award eight groups Thursday with funding (WCHS-TV)
• Sen. Randy Smith seeks special session for legislation to prohibit COVID vaccine mandates (The Dominion Post)
• Round 2 Winners In The 'Do-It-For-Babydog' Vaccine Sweepstakes Announced (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Masks ordered for courthouse visitors (The Weirton Daily Times)
• OPINION: West Virginians Weigh In On Pandemic Response (MetroNews-Radio)
• Administration pays off loan for unemployment fund, spotlights break for employers (MetroNews-Radio)
• Wood County Airport Authority makes pitch to county commission for Recovery Act money (WTAP-TV)
• Exclusive: Jackson County got $3.2M for 91 employees. 10% went to lawyers. We asked why. (The Jackson Herald)

• Minor flooding predicted on Potomac River at Shepherdstown (MetroNews-Radio)
• Clay County cleans up after remnants of Ida (WOWK-TV)
• Preston County residents encouraged to complete FEMA forms after flooding (MetroNews-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• FDA to meet with outside advisers on coronavirus booster shots Sept. 17. That’s just days before the shots are expected to become available. (Washington Post)
• Map: COVID transmission rates in DC, Maryland, Virginia (WUSA-9 Washington)
• Why many Black people won't take the vaccine (The Afro News - Washington)

WEATHER

• Homes previously considered as less at risk of flooding face new danger due to climate change (ABC News)
• ‘We Need to Act': Biden Approves NY, NJ Emergency Declaration as Death Toll Rises (NBC News)
• FEMA preparing for power outage of 'several weeks' in Louisiana; hospitals prioritized (MSNBC)
• Larry could rapidly strengthen into Category 4 hurricane  (AccuWeather)
• FEMA changes policy that denied disaster aid to many Black families (Washington Post)
• New Jersey and Maryland slammed by tornadoes from Ida’s remnants (Washington Post)
• Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and the Northeast long after the winds weakened (WHYY Philadelphia)