WV and National Disaster News & Weather - August 7, 2025

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West Virginia 

Flood Recovery

• Governor Morrissey makes local stop, urges Triadelphia residents to apply for FEMA aid (WTOV 9 news)
• Governor Morrisey visits Disaster Relief Center in Triadelphia (WTRF) - West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey visited Ohio County today, for the sixth time since the June 14th floods. He went to the Disaster Recovery Center in Triadelphia, where help and support is being offered six days a week, delivering words of support and encouragement.
• What should you do if you're denied by FEMA? (WTRF) 
• Governor Morrissey makes local stop, urges Triadelphia residents to apply for FEMA aid (WTOV9) – FEMA staff says “"People will get phone calls from numbers that are not from West Virginia. People are going to wonder why I'm getting a call from California, but it's us because we come from nationwide," said Mark O'Hanlon, West Virginia's federal coordinating officer for FEMA." 

 
Wildfires Impact Air Quality in Ohio Valley

• Canadian wildfires create air quality issues in Ohio Valley (WTRF) 

National News  

Disaster Alerts and Response in Review 

• As Eaton blaze burned in January, officials were just as confused as residents by erroneous California wildfire alerts (ABC News)
• DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show (NPR) - In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs.

FEMA Staff

• Trump administration shifts FEMA staff to ICE during hurricane season (Reuters), related news: Rolling Stone and Spectrum News 1 and Newsmax 

Funding for FEMA & NOAA (National Weather Service)

• After deep DOGE cuts, National Weather Service gets OK to fill up to 450 jobs (Coast TV) 
• Florida GOP Congressional leaders push back on fears surrounding Hurricane Center and FEMA Cuts (Action News JAX)
• FEMA releases nearly $1 billion in preparedness grants (National Association of Counties)  
• FEMA's Preparedness Grants Come with New Strings — and Delays (Maryland Association of Counties), related Police 1 news ​