YouTube download / AP video / Hurricane Dorian threatens Florida and Georgia: The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian is expected to strengthen into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane and close in on the U.S. coastline by Sunday. Officials in Florida and Georgia are urging residents to get ready (Aug. 29).
Photo for Headline Surfer / Volusia County Manager George Recktenwald provides a media update at the Emergency Operations Center on the county's preparations for Hurricane Dorian. Shown behind him at the podium (left to right) are Sheriff Mike Chitwood, County Chair Ed Kelley and EOC Manager Mike Judge.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In anticipation of the Hurricane Dorian making landfall in the Sunshine State sometime late Sunday or early Monday, Volusia County Council has declared a local state of emergency.
“Volusia County is prepared,” County Manager George Recktenwald said earlier in the day from the Emergency Operations Center. “We have more than 50 representatives from our cities and other agencies in the Emergency Operations Center and several hundred around the county working together to coordinate public safety measures.”
County Chair Ed Kelley added: “We urge residents to heed the warnings, pay attention to the weather, take shelter before the tropical storm winds begin to approach, and hunker down until the all-clear is given. We are asking people to not go to the beach to watch the storm as it approaches and passes.”
“Volusia County is prepared,” County Manager George Recktenwald said earlier in the day from the Emergency Operations Center. “We have more than 50 representatives from our cities and other agencies in the Emergency Operations Center and several hundred around the county working together to coordinate public safety measures.”
County Chair Ed Kelley added: “We urge residents to heed the warnings, pay attention to the weather, take shelter before the tropical storm winds begin to approach, and hunker down until the all-clear is given. We are asking people to not go to the beach to watch the storm as it approaches and passes.”
As weather conditions deteriorate, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office will coordinate with municipalities to close bridges to eastbound traffic. Westbound traffic will not be affected. The bridges will reopen when the Florida Department of Transportation inspects them and determines that they are structurally safe.