WV and National Disaster News - June 7, 2021

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WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for June 7, 2021 (WVDHHR) - DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 73-year old male from Kanawha County, a 71-year old male from Wood County, a 75-year old male from Mineral County, an 88-year old female from Wood County, a 55-year old male from Morgan County, a 75-year old female from Monongalia County, a 66-year old female from Barbour County, and a 72-year old male from Kanawha County.

Local News

• Funeral expenses for COVID deaths can be reimbursed (Herald-Dispatch)
• Registration Opens For W.Va. Vaccine Lottery (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Registration for W.Va.'s 'Do it for Babydog' vaccination sweepstakes is now open (WCHS-TV)

• West Virginia counties, municipalities to receive over $650 million from American Rescue Plan (The Exponent Telegram)
• Lawmakers consider devoting an additional $150 million to highways (MetroNews-Radio)

National

COVID-19

• What we know so far about COVID-19 booster shots (Capital Gazette)
• Are vaccine incentives a good idea? (WBOY-TV)
• US surpasses 300 million COVID-19 vaccine shots administered (ABC)
• White House partnering with faith communities to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations (Fox news)
• From guns to lottery tickets: In true American spirit, states offer incentives to fully vaccinated (WION)

WEATHER

• Tropical disturbance in Caribbean has 20% chance of development, hurricane center says  (New Orleans Advocate)
• Atlantic continues to be monitored for tropical development (AccuWeather)
• Flood Threat to Persist in Lower Mississippi Valley Early This Week (The Weather Channel)
• 2 wildfires in Arizona force evacuations and burn tens of thousands of acres (CNN)
• More than 150 earthquakes shook the California-Mexico border, with the largest registering 5.3  (CNN) related articles: LA Times/Yahoo and Seattle Times (WA)

OTHER

• DHS Budget: FEMA Funding Request Focused on Climate Resilience, Incident Response (Homeland Security Today)