WV and National Weather & Disaster News - January 8, 2025

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West Virginia

 
Schools

• West Virginia school closings extend into Wednesday due to winter weather (WCHS TV News) 

• Mingo County PSD shuts off water due to inclement weather and Tug River conditions (WCHS TV News) 

• More snow and dangerous cold Wednesday with another winter storm expected Friday (WVNS TV) 

Winter Storm 

• West Virginia's emergency operations center on 'enhanced' status during winter storm (WCHS – ABC)
• Thousands of WV residents still without power after winter storm (West Virginia Watch)
• Single-digit temperatures ahead with 19,000 WV customers still without power (Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• Winter Storm: More Power Outages, Longer Waits In Bluefield (WV Public Broadcasting)
• Power crews continue to chip away at outages in West Virginia, Kentucky (WCHS TV News)
• Storm prompts expansion of Catholic Charities warming shelter in Morgantown (Dominion Post)

PHOTOS

• West Virginia SNOW Photo Gallery   

National News

Pacific Palisades Fire

• Pacific Palisades fire forces thousands to flee, Newsom declares state of emergency
• Pacific Palisades fire explodes to nearly 3,000 acres as thousands of residents flee, homes are lost (LA Times), related news: AccuWeather and AP News 
• California Gov. Newsom urges residents to heed evacuation warnings as Palisades Fire grows (NBC News)
• Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency as Southern California fires rage (CBS News) 

Hurricane Helene Recovery

• FEMA ends housing aid for some Helene survivors in Western NC amid bitter winter (WLOS News 13)
• Multiple Haywood County commissioners asked FEMA to “step it up" response to Hurricane Helene (The Mountaineer)
• $1.6B approved for Helene recovery but WNC needs more, NC Gov. says (Ashville Citizen Times)

Weather

• Dangerous and expansive cold pattern jolting the central, eastern half of the United States (AccuWeather)
• Southern US braces for major winter storm: Dallas to Atlanta on alert (AccuWeather)

 
Winter Storm

• Winter Storm, Winds Leav​e Over 180,000 Without Power Across the US (Newsweek) 

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