WV and National Disaster News - April 23, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

Weather ALERT!

Elevated fire conditions are expected due to dry conditions and gusty winds (National Weather Service)

MEASLES CASE in WV!
West Virginia confirms first measles case since 2009  (The Associated Press) - Nationwide, measles cases this year already are nearly double the total for all of 2023, raising health experts' concerns about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. Health officials have confirmed measles cases in at least 17 other states so far this year, including cases in New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago.​
 
Flooding

• FEMA Team Tours Ohio County To Assess Flood Damage (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Unexpected severity of Ohio county flood disaster causes FEMA to reassess aid strategy (WTOV-TV)
• WVCA explains Salem area dams flood response  (WBOY-TV)

 
Infrastructure

• Groundbreaking held in Raleigh County for the upgraded Glen Morgan Treatment Plant  (WVNS-TV) 

• Charleston storm damage across Kanawha Boulevard still in need of repairs  (WSAZ-TV)
• Family says items were stolen from their home following storm damage  (WCHS-TV)
• The Extra Effort: West Virginia severe storms, flooding, mudslides and landslides 60 days later  (Clay County Free Press) 

Other

• Feds announce more than $140 million to revitalize coal communities, address legacy pollution 

 
NATIONAL NEWS

Flood Insurance

• FEMA comes to Cape Coral in hopes of solving insurance discount debacle (WFTX News 4)

• White House prepares new 'FEMA-style response' to mass shootings (Spectrum News - NY1)

Virgin Island Blackouts

• Bryan declares state of emergency, citing WAPA blackouts, debt (The Virgina Island Daily News), related news: St. Thomas Source 

Weather

• Potentially damaging frosts and freezes moving into Northeast midweek (AccuWeather)
• Quick-moving, gusty storms to race across Upper Midwest (AccuWeather)
• Multiday severe thunderstor​m, tornado risk to unfold in nation's midsection beginning later this week (AccuWeather)

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