WV and National Disaster News - March 13, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA

EMS & Fire

• More 911 centers adapting to texting feature  (MetroNews-Radio)
• Floor collapses on firefighter during Charleston, West Virginia, structure fire (WOWK-TV)
• Forest Service seeks applicants for fire grants (The Fayette Tribune)

Flood Resilience

• Bill aimed at strengthening flood resiliency headed for governor's desk  (The Herald-Dispatch)
• RECAP: Virginia severe weather week and West Virginia flood resiliency week.  (WVVA-TV)

Train Derailment in Summers County

• CSX: Locomotives, rail cars removed from Summers train crash site; excavation work starts  (WCHS-TV)
• CSX moves to excavate derailment site in Summers County  (WVVA-TV) 

 
NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

• Covid experts are traveling again, masking less, thankful for vaccines (Washington Post)
• COVID-19: Pandemic Declared 3 Years Ago This Weekend (WRC)
• Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won? (Associated Press)
• America shut down in response to covid. Would we ever do it again? (Washington Post)
• State governments key in supporting undocumented immigrants during COVID-19 pandemic (AFRO American Newspapers)

Weather

• At least 2 dead following latest California storm, flooding and evacuations (AccuWeather), related news: CBS News,  LA Times (CA) 
• Another atmospheric river is coming for California, where neighborhoods already are flooded and hundreds are in shelters (CNN) – more than 17 million people remain under flood watches across California and Nevada starting today (Monday). Nearly 500 people are at 30 shelters across 12 California counties, the majority in hard-hit Santa Cruz County. Forecasters are also concerned about a melting snowpack, up to 46 feet in some mountain areas this season, and how that will impact flooding in the coming weeks.
• Potential Nor'easter Could Bring High Winds, Snow, Rain To Northeast This Week (The Weather Channel), related news: AccuWeather 
• Upcoming FEMA deadlines for Georgia storms, tornados (WATL News 11 – Georgia)
• Insurers slashed Hurricane Ian payouts far below damage estimates, documents and insiders reveal (Washington Post)​ 

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