WV and National Disaster & Weather News - January 29, 2025

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West Virginia

Emergency Response & Funding

• OEM Talks WV State of Emergency (The Parsons Advocate) 
• Emergency Responders 'Stretched Thin' Following Snow Events (The Parsons Advocate)
• How a federal funding freeze could impact programs across West Virginia (WBOY)

House Explosion

• Investigation into Clarksburg (West Virginia) house explosion continues, some families still out of homes following evacuation (WV News)

• West Virginia Warned of Possible Widespread Power Outages From High Winds (Newsweek)
• Wind threat extreme in part of West Virginia Wednesday (WBOY News 12)  
• ​See ALL Weather Alerts in WV

National News

Disaster Recovery & Funding

• After Trump WNC visit, protesters call for further FEMA hotel voucher extensions (Asheville Citizen Times)
• Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management (Inside Climate News), related news: Las Vegas Optic 
• Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans (Associated Press)
• How will federal funding freeze affect the $89.5M in flood relief for St. Clair County? (Bellville News)
• Thousands of Pinellas beach residents are waiting to rebuild (Tampa Bay Times)

• Trump wants to 'overhaul' FEMA. What to know about the agency's role in the Philly region (WHYY)
• Beshear warns against Trump's suggestion to dissolve FEMA (WHAS News 11)
• Louisiana leaders react to Trump's desire to scrap FEMA (WVUE News 8), related news: WAFB News 9
• Trump names four North Carolinians to new FEMA oversight council (The Carolina Journal)

• Norfolk Southern and East Palestine announce $22 million settlement after 2023 derailment (Associated Press)

• Severe storms, flooding rain to close out January across the South (AccuWeather)
• Northeast remains on alert for snow squalls, sudden freeze-ups (AccuWeather) 

Wildfire

• California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more (NBC News)
• Video of sparks points to Eaton Fire's origins, lawsuit says (AccuWeather)​ 

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