WV and National Disaster News - September 9, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for September 9, 2022 (WV DHHR) - 21 West Virginia COVID deaths reported Friday; 3,058 active cases. Total deaths attributed to COVID-19 is at 7,322.

DHHR has confirmed the deaths of an 81-year old female from Kanawha County, a 68-year old male from Marion County, a 49-year old male from Raleigh County, a 69-year old male from McDowell County, a 75-year old male from Logan County, an 81-year old male from Monroe County, a 53-year old male from Boone County, an 85-year old female from Raleigh County, a 55-year old female from Roane County, a 76-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 93-year old female from Marshall County, an 85-year old male from Cabell County, a 70-year old female from Mercer County, an 80-year old male from Cabell County, a 92-year old female from Putnam County, a 91-year old female from Kanawha County, a 65-year old female from Greenbrier County, an 87-year old male from Kanawha County, a 43-year old female from Mason County, an 85-year old male from Wetzel County, and an 88-year old male from Barbour County.

• OPINION: COVID: Vaccinations, boosters still needed in this fight  (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

FLOOD RECOVERY

• ​Pentecostal Lighthouse Church looks for help after a devastating flood (WDTV-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
COVID & MONKEYPOX

• ​President Biden Delivers Remarks on Updated COVID-19 Boosters  (WRC)​
• Monkeypox: how universities are preventing outbreaks on campus (Nature)
• US may expand monkeypox vaccine eligibility to men with HIV (Associated Press/AP)
• Monkeypox cases dropping, but racial disparities growing (AP)

 
WEATHER

• Warner discusses changing formula so small communities can receive FEMA aid (The Bristol Herald Courier – Virginia)
• Governor Newsom proclaims a State of Emergency for Fairview and Mosquito fires  KESQ News 3 (CA), related news: ABC News 10 (CA) 
• Oregon fire officials warn 'we're really concerned about the next 72 hours' (Oregonian)
• Rising seas could destroy millions of U.S. acres in decades (UPI)
• FEMA officials: $95.7M approved for Kentucky tornado recovery (WFIE News 14)
• FEMA's USVI Disability Integration Team Takes an Inclusive Approach to Resilience in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Homeland Security Today)