{"id":43407,"date":"2017-09-05T06:13:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43407"},"modified":"2017-09-05T06:13:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:13:08","slug":"florida-gov-rick-scott-declares-state-emergency-ahead-category-4-hurricane-irma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/florida-gov-rick-scott-declares-state-emergency-ahead-category-4-hurricane-irma.html","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gov. Rick Scott declares state of emergency ahead of Category 4 Hurricane Irma"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Florida Gov. Rick Scott declares state of emergency ahead of Category 4 Hurricane Irma<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Florida Gov. Rick Scott declares state of emergency ahead of Category 4 Hurricane Irma:- Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in the state as rapidly growing Hurricane Irma, now a Category 4 storm, is expected to make landfall later this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The state of emergency has been issued for all of Florida\u2019s 67 counties. Scott said that the state would \u201cprepare for the worst and hope for the best\u201d as Irma is expected to hit the state around Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The governor tweeted Monday that he urges &#8220;all Floridians to remain vigilant and stay alert to local weather and news and visit FLGetAPlan.com today to get prepared.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cHurricane Irma poses a severe threat to the entire State of Florida and requires that timely precautions are taken to protect the communities, critical infrastructure, and general welfare of this State,\u201d the executive order stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Scott suggested on Twitter that state residents should use their Labor Day to prepare for Irma&#8217;s arrival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The announcement came after Puerto Rico\u2019s governor issued a state of emergency Monday. Irma is expected to hit the northwest Caribbean Tuesday, where government workers are preparing for the storm to make landfall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Emergency officials have warned that the storm could dump up to 10 inches of rain, unleash landslides and dangerous flash floods and generate waves of up to 23 feet as the storm draws closer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">If Irma makes landfall as a Category 4, it&#8217;ll be the first time in 102 years that two Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in the U.S. within the same year, according to KOCO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A hurricane watch was in effect for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, the British and U.S. Virgin islands and Guadeloupe. A tropical storm watch was issued for Dominica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Category 4 storm was moving west-southwest at 13 mph with maximum sustained winds up to 130 mph, according to the U.S. Hurricane Center. The storm was centered about 490 miles east of the Leeward Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/09\/04\/florida-gov-rick-scott-declares-state-emergency-ahead-category-4-hurricane-irma.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/florida-gov-rick-scott-declares-state-emergency-ahead-category-4-hurricane-irma.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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