WV and National Disaster News - September 18, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

Agriculture Threat

• Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Spreads: 10 Counties Now Affected in West Virginia (WV News) -it's a threat to crops such as grapes, apples, hops, walnuts, and hardwood trees.

• After years of post-flood delays and division, Nicholas County inches closer to new school buildings  (WCHS-TV)

 Human Trafficking

• West Virginia launches YOU CAN initiative to combat human trafficking  (MetroNews-Radio) 

• Connect Bridgeport News: Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council Gives a Technical Okay to $24.1M Doddridge Water Project  (Connect Bridgeport)

Save a Life Day

• Eastern Panhandle 'Save a Life Day' volunteers distribute Naloxone, instructions during Recovery Month  (MetroNews-Radio)

• Capito gives update on the future of Paden City's water  (WTRF-TV)
• Raleigh County NAACP seeks water crisis response initiative for cold weather (WVNS-TV) – looking back at the month-long water outage in Raleigh County last Christmas, Raleigh County NAACP President, Barbara Charles said - “At that time, I could not reach anyone, for the four days that we suffered because Christmas was on a Monday," Barbara Charles said. “Nothing opened until Tuesday. We just had to depend on what we had."

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Flooding

• Biden approves Massachusetts emergency declaration for flooding response (Boston Herald)
• Calumet City residents cleaning up after heavy rain floods casements, strands cars (WLS News 7 – Chicago)

 
National Flood Insurance Plan (NFIP)

• NFIP is set to expire — and could leave millions of homeowners in the lurch (Market Watch) - reports FEMA's NFIP needs to be reauthorized by Congress by the end of September so home buyers can close on their homes with new policies.

 
Storms/Weather

• Thousands without power and 1 dead after Atlantic storm Lee pummels New England and Maritime Canada (Associated Press), related news: AccuWeather and the Weather Channel 
• Hurricane Nigel to become a major hurricane this week, forecasters say (AP)
• Nigel becomes a hurricane but poses no immediate threat to land as it swirls through Atlantic (AP)
• Atlantic Hurricane Season Remains Active With Multiple Areas To Watch (The Weather Channel)
• Ten cou​​ntries and territories saw severe flooding in just 12 days. Is this the future of climate change? (AccuWeather)