WV and National Disaster News - August 26, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for August 26, 2022 (WV DHHR) – There are currently 3,187 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been seven deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 7,268 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 71-year old female from Wayne County, an 83-year old female from Kanawha County, an 89-year old male from Marshall County, a 75-year old male from Lincoln County, a 77-year old female from Summers County, a 92-year old female from Wood County, and an 82-year old male from Kanawha County.

• New Booster COVID Approval, Distribution Expected Early Next Month  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Local Health Departments Offering Monkeypox Vaccine on Limited Basis  (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department offering Monkeypox Vaccine to high-risk groups  (WTRF-TV)

WEATHER & FLOOD RECOVERY

• Area resident responds to yesterday's flash flooding as a result of punctured mine, says it's nothing new  (WOAY-TV)
• Kanawha County Commission surpasses $250K in flood-related expenses  (WCHS-Radio)
• Kanawha Co. leaders take inventory of flood damage  (WSAZ-TV)
• National Guard steps in to help provide flood debris clean up  (WOAY-TV)
• West Virginia only state without any drought, according to U.S. Drought Monitor  (WV News)
• Weather may have played role in deadly Marion County plane crash  (MetroNews-Radio)

• Chemical spill: Community reacts to tractor-trailer crash affecting Paint Creek  (WCHS-TV)
• Truck driver arrested for DUI after crash on W.Va. Turnpike; roadway reopen  (WSAZ-TV)
• West Virginia Turnpike Reopened  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
WEATHER

• More than 30 million in Northeast at risk for severe weather (AccuWeather)
• 5 million people under flood watch across Gulf Coast (NBC News)
• Federal flood insurance policies fall while new premiums take hold (Spectrum News)
• A year after Hurricane Ida, city comptroller denies hundreds of Staten Island claims (Staten Island Advance – NY)
• Gov. Abbott declared a state of disaster after the DFW floods. Now what? (Dallas Morning News – TX)

COVID & MONKEYPOX

• White House calls meeting with college officials on how to curb monkeypox on campus  (Maryland Matters)
• OPINION | 5 Ways to Improve Our National Response to Monkeypox (POLITICO)
• WalletHub Study: Safest states during Covid-19 (CNBC)
• JUST IN: Arlington and entire immediate D.C. area now at CDC's "low" Covid level (ARL Now)

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