WV and National Disaster & Weather News - June 17, 2025

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West Virginia News

Residents and Businesses who were impacted by June 15-16, 2025 floods are encouraged to REPORT FLOOD DAMAGES to the State Emergency Management Division at:  WV Damage Assessment On-line Survey - if you cannot fill this out on your own, dial 211 and ask the operator to help you. 

Deadly Floods

• Officials ID Ohio County flood victims (WTOV-TV)
• 7th flood victim found, identified WV Metro News, related news: WV Watch​
• ​West Virginia flash floods kill at least 6, others missing after inches of rain fell in 30 minutes: "It happened so quickly" (CBS News)
  
• Marion County Superintendent: 5 school buildings damaged in Sunday's flash floods (WV News)
• Residents And Officials Assess Damage, Death Toll After Weekend Of Flash Floods (WV Public Broadcasting)
• West Virginia Sens. Capito, Justice pledge resources, urge caution following weekend flooding (WV News)
• 'We were trapped': Man details experience as Fairmont apartment building flooded, collapsed (WBOY-TV)
• Marion County businesses sustain damage in weekend flooding (WDTV-TV)
• 'A wall of water' West Virginia fire chief recalls chaos as flood destroys homes, firehouse (WTRF-TV)
• Sen. Weld on flooding: 'I've never seen anything like that' (WTOV-TV)
• McDowell County leaders issue statement of solidarity to those affected in latest floods (WVVA-TV)

Flood Recovery – Ohio & Marion Counties

• Residents And Officials Assess Damage, Death Toll After Weekend Of Flash Floods (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Fairmont State, United Way assists displaced residents as Marion County surveys flooding damage (WDTV-TV)
• Morrisey Visits Marion County, Gives Flood Recovery Update (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register), related news:  MetroNews-Radio
• Valley Grove residents rally to support neighbors in wake of deadly flooding (WTOV-TV)
• W.Va. Attorney General reminds residents of price-gouging laws after flooding (WDTV-TV)
• Appalachian Power to use mobile unit to replace flooded substation near Wheeling (MetroNews-Radio)
• WVDOH working around the clock in wake of devastating Ohio County floods (West Virginia Department of Transportation)
• Marshall County EMA teaming up with Ohio County EMA as community recovers from deadly flash flooding (WTRF-TV)
• FEMA assistance hinges on resident reports, officials urge community to complete damage survey (WTRF-TV)  

• American Red Cross seeks volunteers, blood donors in response to West Virginia flood emergency (The Parkersburg News & Sentinel)
• West Virginia Gov. Morrisey seeks flood recovery volunteers, warns of scams (The Exponent Telegram)

Weather

• Deadly West Virginia flooding won't be the last of this week (AccuWeather)
• National Weather Service warns of more West Virginia storms after fatal floods (The Exponent Telegram)

National News

FEMA

• Cuts to FEMA's storm prep program hit communities that voted for Trump (CBS News)
• FEMA pulls $150 million from South Florida flood projects, sparking community outcry (CBS Miami)
• $150M in FEMA grants for Queens flooding mitigation project cancelled (CBS New York)
• 'Set up for failure': Trump's cuts bring climate and energy agencies to a standstill, workers say (Politico)

Weather

• Millions under flood alerts after rain devastates West Virginia (NBC Nightly News)
• Rounds of severe storms to continue in central and eastern US (AccuWeather)
• Severe Weather qnd Flash Flood Threats Spreading Across Plains And Midwest To East Coast This Week (Weather Channel)
• More stormy downpours for Northeast, but heatwave is on horizon (AccuWeather)

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