WV and National Disaster News - May 20, 2024

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WEST VIRGINIA

Artificial Intelligence

• Study including WVU and Marshall analyzes cyber threats to Artificial Intelligence systems  (MetroNews-Radio) 

• Marshall University Breaks Ground On New Cybersecurity Center  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)
• Marshall breaks ground on cyber security institute, 'East Coast hub' for national security  (WCHS-TV) 

Energy

• Appalachian Power seeking proposals for renewable energy and battery energy storage resources  (MetroNews-Radio)
• West Virginia PSC head urges federal court to halt EPA rules on coal-fired plants  (WCHS-TV)

Firefighter Shortage

• Madison VFD Chief details firefighter shortage struggles department is facing  (WCHS-TV) 

• Lives impacted for Bluewell residents after flooding  (WVVA-TV)
• Flooding in Southern West Virginia affects Bluewell Fire Department  (WVNS-TV)

Infrastructure Security

• Water, Sewer Providers Must Assess Security Risks As Cyberattacks Rise  (West Virginia Public Broadcasting-Radio)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Congregation Safety

• Church/Synagogues turn to armed volunteers as gunmen threaten pastors, worshipers (Fox news)
• After a gunman tried to shoot him, this pastor wants to make his church safer. But 'we don't have the money,' he says (CNN)

• 7 dead as storms slam Houston yet again; hundreds of thousands still without power (CBS news)
• Power still out? Houston is about to get dangerously hotter and muggier. Here's what we know (Houston Chronicle)
• Major disaster declaration: Federal money coming to Texas to help with recovery efforts (KHOU News 11)   
• President Biden approves major disaster declaration in Texas  (Click 2 Houston)

FEMA

• ​OPINION Article: FEMA's new claims administrator must turn things around, and quick (Albuquerque Journal)​ 

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