WV and National Disaster News & Weather - April 18, 2025

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West Virginia

• ​Four FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers in WV will permanently close soon (WVVA)
• Gilbert mayor retires, recorder to lead town (WOWK-CBS)
• Governor Morrisey announces Mountaineer Mile State Park Trails (WVNS)

National News

AmeriCorps & Disaster Recovery

• AmeriCorps teams pulled from N.C. Helene recovery after federal cuts (Spectrum News 1) - reports dozens of members of a national volunteer program have been recalled from assignments helping with Hurricane Helene recovery in western North Carolina as part of the Trump administration's cost-cutting campaign.
• Newsom to sue DOGE over AmeriCorps cuts (KGO News 7)​

• FEMA cancels $750 million disaster protection grant program (Stormwater Solutions)
• AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters and help nonprofits let go in DOGE cuts
• Over half of NOAA's Regional Climate Centers' websites go dark due to 'lapse in federal funding' (WRIC-ABC)
• NM Highlands University sues FEMA, alleging unnecessary hurdle in way of 2022 wildfire compensation (Source New Mexico)
• North Carolina GOP congressman unveils a plan to fix FEMA (Axios)

Storm Damage

• Severe storms cause significant damage across eastern Nebraska, western Iowa (WOW News 6) 

• Severe storms, tornado threat to stretch across a dozen states through Easter (AccuWeather) also see: Weather Channel ​ 

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