WV and National Disaster News - September 5, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
Flooding & Recovery

• "Changing every ten minutes" - Little Creek residents reckon with flood damage  (WCHS-TV)
• After Devastating Floods, Small Communities Take Steps Toward Recovery  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)

 
Fire Departments

• Local fire departments to receive FEMA funding  (WVVA-TV)
• Four Preston County fire departments among those to receive FEMA funding  (WV News)

• W.Va. Receives $4.4 Million To Fight Opioids  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Manchin Announces More Than $14.8 Million for 13 West Virginia Rural Development Projects  (Office of Sen. Joe Manchin)

 Other

• New WV Homeland Security Inspector General Creates 'To Do' List  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Those 'Restricted' Banks? They May Be Supporting Fossil Fuels After All  (WV Public Broadcasting-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS

Burning Man Festival

• Burning Man attendees make a mass exodus after a dramatic weekend that left thousands stuck in the Nevada desert (AccuWeather)
• Is FEMA at Burning Man? Virus Outbreak Conspiracy Theory Spreads Online (Newsweek)

Hurricane Idalia

• Power restored to almost 545K accounts impacted by Hurricane Idalia, DeSantis says (WTSP-TV Tampa)
• In hard-hit Shore Acres, residents thankful they now qualify for FEMA assistance (WSTP Tampa Bay)
• After Idalia: How to report damage, seek assistance in Georgia (WXIA Atlanta)
• Biden in Florida promises to rebuild, calls on Congress to provide more FEMA funding (CNBC)

Las Vegas Floods

• 13-year-old boy drowns after swept away by Las Vegas flood waters (KVVU TV Fox news – 5)
• Las Vegas Neighborhoods, Strip Flooded by Thunderstorms (The Weather Channel)

Meteor!

• Fireball streaks over mid-Atlantic states at 36,000 miles per hour (CBS News)

• When will intense heat break down across the central US? (AccuWeather)
• September's Start Brings Record-Threatening Heat to Midwest, Northeast (The Weather Channel) 

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