WV and National Disaster News - September 17, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

Government

WV Daily COVID Update and Stats for September 17, 2021 (WV DHHR) - DHHR has confirmed 57 deaths since yesterday:  a 75-year old male from Clay County, a 95-year old male from Monongalia County, an 84-year old male from Raleigh County, a 61-year old male from Mercer County, an 85-year old female from Tucker County, a 70-year old female from Barbour County, a 67-year old male from Wood County, a 45-year old male from Wood County, a 76-year old male from Morgan County, a 63-year old male from Harrison County, a 70-year old male from Mercer County, a 50-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 47-year old male from Mercer County, a 56-year old male from Monongalia County, a 54-year old male from Wayne County, a 59-year old female from Barbour County, an 84-year old female from Mingo County, an 80-year old male from Lincoln County, an 89-year old female from Monongalia County, a 67-year old male from Mingo County, a 73-year old female from Mason County, a  91-year old male from Kanawha County, an 87-year old female from Wirt County, an 83-year old male from Brooke County, a 77-year old male from Monongalia County, a 63-year old female from Mason County, a 52-year old female from Wood County, a 92-year old male from Mercer County, a 50-year old female from Randolph County, a 73-year old male from Mercer County, a 69-year old female from Ohio County, a 78-year old female from Cabell County, a 74-year old female from Wetzel County, a 49-year old male from Cabell County, an 84-year old male from Greenbrier County, a 63-year old female from Mercer County, an 86-year old female from Kanawha County, an 81-year old female from Kanawha County, and a 71-year old male from Logan County.

Additional deaths reported on the dashboard as a result of the Bureau for Public Health’s continuing data reconciliation with the official death certificate are a 52-year old female from Wayne County, a 99-year old female from Monongalia County, an 81-year old male from Mercer County, a 43-year old male from Berkeley County, an 88-year old male from Kanawha County, an 88-year old female from Summers County, an 83-year old male from Morgan County, a 68-year old female from Greenbrier County, a 49-year old male from Cabell County, an 88-year old male from Pleasants County, a 62-year old male from Kanawha County, an 85-year old male from Mineral County, a 63-year old male from Kanawha County, an 80-year old female from Wayne County, a 97-year old female from Greenbrier County, an 84-year old female from Preston County, a 58-year old male from Raleigh County, and an 88-year old female from Mineral County. More Statistics at https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx

“We mourn with all families suffering the loss of loved ones due to COVID-19,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.  “If you are eligible, I urge you to schedule your COVID vaccine today.”

Local

Take Time This Month To Prepare for Disasters (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)

McMechen’s Mayor responds after parts of the city flood due to heavy rain (WTRF-TV)

WV DHHR confirms 2,135 new COVID-19 cases, 17 additional deaths on Thursday (WBOY-TV)

Numbers show the Delta variant is hitting younger West Virginians hard (WCHS-TV)

Surge in WV COVID-19 numbers causes spike in testing and vaccinations (WDVM-TV)

New State Resiliency Office director still settling in, stresses flood protection plan update to state lawmakers (The Charleston Gazette-Mail)

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

Do Americans need boosters yet? Here are the questions the FDA will be asking (CNN)

COVID-19 Data in DC, Maryland, Virginia: 4 Things to Watch as Fall Begins (NBC Washington)

WEATHER

Next tropical storm of 2021 season on the horizon (AccuWeather)

Dems seek 'historic' changes to U.S. flood program  (E&E News)

NFIP’s reinsurance & cat bonds on-watch following RMS estimate (Artemis)