WV and National Disaster & Weather News- January 30, 2025

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West Virginia

Disaster Recovery

• FEMA help tops $2 million in Mercer (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

• Miner killed in accident at Boone County mine (DC News Now)

 
Overdose Deaths

• West Virginia Department of Human Services continues progress in reducing overdose deaths (My Buckhannon)

• Flood potential in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania due to Ice Jams and Excessive Rainfall (WTRF)
• Flood watch for WV Mountains – See how much rain we can expect (WOWK)
• Moderate rain begins this evening, leading to a risk of flooding into the weekend (WVVA)

National News

Disaster Recovery

• 'Simply unacceptable': Pinellas congresswoman fights to waive FEMA's 50% rule (WFLA News – Florida)
• Hermits Peak Fire victims say claims office head offered reassurances about Trump's threatened cuts (Source New Mexico)
• Thousands still living in hotels after Helene, Milton through FEMA program (WTVT News 13)

• Flood Study Calls for Wide-Ranging Measures to Control Bigger Storms Coming with Climate Change (Inside Climate News) 

Plane Crash

• Airplane crashes into Potomac River in DC near Reagan National Airport (AccuWeather)
• 'No survivors' after plane, helicopter crash into Potomac River (NBC Washington News)
• What we know about the passenger plane collision near Washington, DC (AccuWeather)

Weather

• Severe storms, flooding rain to close out January across the South (AccuWeather)
• Storm with snow, ice and rain to reach Northeast by Friday (AccuWeather)
• Rain, snow to return to Pacific Northwest after weeks of dryness (AccuWeather)

• "Out of control" wildfire erupts in North Carolina town still recovering from Hurricane Helene (CBS News)
• Fire crews battle 'out of control' wildfire east of Asheville, people are told to evacuate (Charlotte Observer)

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