WV and National Disaster News - November 28, 2022

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WEST VIRGINIA

COVID
WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for November 28, 2022 (WV DHHR) - There were no deaths reported to DHHR over the last 24 hours, and the total deaths remain at 7,594 attributed to COVID-19.

• Nov. 21, 2022 - COVID Deaths – There have been six deaths reported since the last report on 11/18/22, with a total of 7,587 deaths attributed to COVID-19.            See link for more stats.  
• Nov. 22, 2022 - COVID Deaths – There have been three deaths reported since yesterday's report on 11/21/22, with a total of 7,590 deaths attributed to COVID-19. See link for more stats.  
• Nov. 23, 2022 - COVID Deaths – There have been four deaths reported since yesterday's  report on 11/22/22, with a total of 7,594 deaths attributed to COVID-19.   See link for more stats.

 
FLU

• Did you get a flu shot? It's not too late  (WTRF-TV) 

• West Virginia fire department shares fireplace safety tips  (WOWK-TV)
• Big changes already underway as Thomas Health prepares to merge into WVU Health System  (The Exponent Telegram)
• DOH engineer says Wellsburg Bridge likely to open in late spring 2023 (MetroNews-Radio)

 
NATIONAL NEWS

COVID, FLU, RSV

• Battle against RSV in schools recalls COVID-19 fight (The Hill)
• With flu season here, health officials urge communities of color to get vaccinated (Yahoo News)
• Full Fauci: 'Everybody deserves to have the safety of good public health and that's not happening' (NBC News)

 
WEATHER

• Storm with high winds, colder air to blast across Midwest, Northeast (UPI)
• Severe weather to threaten 25 million from Texas to Illinois, Indiana (AccuWeather)
• Biden sends federal aid as New York digs out from huge snowstorm (MSN)
• Hurricane Ian left mountains of debris. Clearing it will take months (The Washington Post)
• FEMA does not know how much it will cost to stabilize Puerto Rico's power grid; Earthquake recovery (El Nuevo Dia - Spanish Language)
• Vanishing land: Climate change displaces Black families along Gullah-Geechee corridor (The Post & Courier – South Carolina) ​​