WV and National Disaster & Weather News - April 28, 2025

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West Virginia

FEMA Deadline to Apply for Assistance

• WVNS-TV - Deadline to apply is today (WVNS-TV)
• WSAZ-TV - Deadline to apply is today (WSAZ-TV)
• WOAY-TV - Deadline to apply (WOAY-TV)
• The individual disaster assistance deadline is Monday in southern W.Va. (Metro News Radio)
• FEMA states: Applications can be made in several ways. Victims can call 1-800-621-FEMA. Log on to disasterassistance.gov or download the FEMA App to your smart phone. Application can also be made by visiting a FEMA disaster recovery center. Disaster Recovery Centers remain open in McDowell, Mingo, Raleigh, and Wyoming counties.

Flood Recovery
Residents recovering from floods wonder where state or federal help is now. (Mountain State Spotlight) - Communities across the coalfields continue to reckon with the damage left by deadly flooding in February. Many residents are just starting to rebuild as state and federal help dwindles.

National News

FEMA - Disaster Recovery & Preparedness

• Getting rid of FEMA is causing some collateral damage (Intelligencer NY Magazine)
• Governor of North Carolina appeals Trump administration denial of FEMA extension (BPR.org), also see: News & Observer
• Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects (The Associated Press) – these are grant funded programs that build and strengthen infrastructure in communities across the US.

• Worst States for Flooding (Consumer Affairs)
• Flooding to continue on lower Mississippi River as new flash flood threat emerges (AccuWeather)

• Multiday outbreak of severe storms, including large tornadoes, on tap for central US this week (AccuWeather)
• New Severe Weather Threat (The Weather Channel)
• Dynamic weather pattern to bring rain for some in Northeast, but increase fire risk for other (AccuWeather)

 
Other

• 1 person died, several injured after boat 'shattered' ferry, fled the scene in Florida (AccuWeather)​ 

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