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State of emergency in Florida as Helene preps ramp up
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9/24/2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 61 counties in Florida ahead of Helene, which is expected to make landfall in the Sunshine State on Sept. 26 as a major hurricane.
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Yesterday, I signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency for 41 counties,
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which allows for state officials to make resources available to communities
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ahead of any potential storm impacts and to work to expeditiously prepare for the approaching storm.
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This morning, given the data that's coming in about the tracks of the storm,
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we've increased the number of counties to 61.
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Basically, every county in Florida outside southeast Florida,
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the coastal southeastern Florida counties are now included,
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and part of that is we expect effects could reach significantly inland.
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We have requested a pre-fall emergency declaration from FEMA.
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We expect that to be approved very quickly.
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Here at the Emergency Operations Center, we are, of course, on full activation.
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The Big Bend and Panhandle should be especially prepared for a direct impact.
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We just got some model runs this morning that take it as far west as pretty close to Panama City,
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and I think the eastern routes are probably more in the Big Bend region,
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and that's just the direct impact.
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So just know that this thing's there.
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Know that this could have broad impacts, and we're anticipating impacts,
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I mean, 100, 200 miles outside of the eye of the storm you could see with winds and you can see with surge.
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So if you're in the Tampa Bay area, you anticipate that you're going to see impacts.
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We could also see impacts in southwest Florida with some of the surge, just depending on what the track is,
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and then, of course, the northern part of the state will end up getting a direct impact at some portion of there.
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But there's still a lot of uncertainty here, so I think people just should know that, hey, this is out there.
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We are going to see significant impacts no matter what happens.
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