WV and National Disaster News - September 6, 2023

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WEST VIRGINIA
 
COVID
WV COVID Weekley Update for September 6, 2023 (WV DHHR) - There have been five deaths reported since last week's dashboard update, with a total of 8,180 deaths attributed to COVID-19. DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 65-year old female from Logan County, a 79-year old male from Jackson County, a 76-year old male from Grant County, a 75-year old female from Jackson County, and a 91-year old female from Putnam County.

Covid testing, vaccination clinic coming to Bluefield church  (The Register-Herald)

  
Flood Recovery

• Kanawha County begins debris removal process  (WSAZ-TV)
• Compassion drives post-flood recoveries in Eastern Kanawha County  (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• WVDOT: Division of Highways Continues Work in Flood Recovery Efforts (Clay County Free Press)
• Flooding impacts still being seen in Bridgeport  (WBOY-TV)
• FEMA flood relief efforts continue in Smithers  (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• Herbert Hoover portables closer to removal  (MetroNews-Radio) 

Opioid Crisis

• West Virginia readies allocation of $1 billion in opioid settlement funds  (WDVM-TV) 

• Williamstown City Council votes to join PFAS litigation  (WTAP-TV)

NATIONAL NEWS
 
Emergency Funding

• The White House wants $44 billion in emergency funding. Here's what that covers (NPR)
• Galveston County owes $2.8M in Ike overpayments, FEMA says (Daily News Texas)

Flood Insurance

• Climate Change Means Californians Need Flood Insurance Now, Too (Bloomberg)

ID Theft after Disasters

• Information theft is on the rise. People are vulnerable after natural disasters (Associated Press)

Weather

• Heat wave in Mid-Atlantic, Northeast forces schools to close, modify schedules (USA Today)
• Tropical Storm Lee forms, forecast to become a major hurricane (NBC News)

Other

• Burning Man's clim​ate reckoning has begun (Grist)
• Nursing homes reveal widespread emergency planning barriers in new OIG report (McKnight's Long-Term Care News)​ 

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