WV and National Disaster News - June 22, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID

​WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for June 22, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There are currently 1,882 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been no deaths reported since the last report (yesterday 6/21/2022), with a total of 7,018 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

• Active COVID-19 cases fall back below 2,000 in West Virginia (WV Metro News)

WEATHER

• State of emergency declared for Mingo County due to storm (AP News)
• Severe weather coming to Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania on Wednesday (WTRF Philadelphia)

• City and sanitary board cite state, federal regulations as defense for stormwater fee  (Register-Herald Beckley)

• Fact check: Omicron coronavirus variant is not the common cold (USA Today)
• Latest Covid-19 News: New York City Prepares to Vaccinate Children Under 5  (NY Times)
• Deaths due to fungal infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US (News Medical)
• CDC lowers the Covid-19 travel risk for Sweden and Romania (CNN)
• New Neuropsychiatric Risks Among COVID-19 Patients Tied to Disease Severity  (Neurology Advisor)
• CDC approves COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5  (NACO)

The Demographics of Disaster (US News & World Report) - The article reports the number of recorded disasters related to weather, climate or water hazards increased by roughly 400 percent in recent decades, from 711 between 1970 and 1979 to more than 3,500 between 2000 and 2009, and more than 3,100 disasters from 2010 to 2019!

• Undeterred by climate change, US homeowners are moving to climate-vulnerable areas (Stacker)
• New Mexico fire evacuees say they're still trying to get help from FEMA (KRQE News - New Mexico)
• Jill Biden to deliver remarks in Florida for Surfside memorial event (The Hill)
• Illegal campfire started N.J.'s largest wildfire in 15 years, fire official says  (NJ Monitor Hudson County), related news: CBS Philly and NY Times​