{"id":2013683,"date":"2023-08-27T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-declares-state-of-emergency-for-33-florida-counties-to-prepare-for-tropical-storm\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T16:20:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:20:59","slug":"desantis-declares-state-of-emergency-for-33-florida-counties-to-prepare-for-tropical-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-declares-state-of-emergency-for-33-florida-counties-to-prepare-for-tropical-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis declares emergency in 33 FL counties for storm prep."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-declares-state-of-emergency-for-33-florida-counties-to-prepare-for-tropical-storm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE\/AFP via \u2062Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:06 PM \u2013 Sunday, August 27, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Governor and GOP \u200dpresidential hopeful Ron DeSantis\u200c issued a state of emergency for a large portion of The \u200bSunshine State on Saturday \u2064as a potential tropical storm brewed in the\u2064 Gulf\u200b of Mexico.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Hurricane \u200dCenter, Tropical Storm \u201cIdalia\u201d\u2063 developed on Sunday \u200cin the Gulf of Mexico and could make landfall in the southern United States.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare for\u2063 the storm, DeSantis signed an executive order along with an emergency declaration for 33 counties, stating that it was predicted to intensify into a tropical storm over the next several days.<\/p>\n<p>The governor and the Division of Emergency Management in Florida\u00a0\u201care taking\u2063 timely precautions to ensure Florida\u2019s \u2064communities, infrastructure, and resources are prepared, including those communities that are still\u200b recovering following Hurricane \u200bIan,\u201d the governor\u2019s office stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cI signed an Executive Order issuing a state of emergency out of an abundance of\u200d caution to\u2062 ensure that the Florida Division of Emergency Management can begin\u200d staging resources and Floridians have plenty of time \u200bto prepare their families for a storm \u2064next week,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cI encourage Floridians to have a plan\u2062 in \u2062place and ensure that their hurricane supply kit is stocked.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The storm was 80 miles\u200d east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, at\u200c 11:15 a.m. \u2064on Sunday,\u2063 moving east at 2 mph with a top\u200b sustained wind speed of 40 mph, according to forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane winds reach at least 74 mph or higher.<\/p>\n<p>Idalia \u200bis anticipated to intensify into a\u2063 hurricane on Tuesday in \u2063the Gulf of Mexico before veering northeast toward the\u2062 west coast of Florida, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-storm-expected-to-hit-east-coast-mid-atlantic\/\" title=\"Major storm expected to hit East Coast, Mid Atlantic\">forecasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s office said\u2063 on Saturday that a tropical storm or hurricane is presently expected to make\u2063 landfall on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast between early and mid-next week, \u201cwith the\u200d potential\u200c for heavy rainfall, strong\u200c winds, and for isolated tornadic activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 33 Florida\u200b counties \u200cthat were referenced in the declaration are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bay<\/li>\n<li>Calhoun<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte<\/li>\n<li>Citrus<\/li>\n<li>Columbia<\/li>\n<li>DeSoto<\/li>\n<li>Dixie<\/li>\n<li>Franklin<\/li>\n<li>Gadsden<\/li>\n<li>Gilchrist<\/li>\n<li>Gulf<\/li>\n<li>Alachua<\/li>\n<li>Hamilton<\/li>\n<li>Hardee<\/li>\n<li>Hernando<\/li>\n<li>Hillsborough<\/li>\n<li>Jefferson<\/li>\n<li>Lafayette<\/li>\n<li>Lee<\/li>\n<li>Leon<\/li>\n<li>Levy<\/li>\n<li>Liberty<\/li>\n<li>Madison<\/li>\n<li>Manatee<\/li>\n<li>Marion<\/li>\n<li>Pasco<\/li>\n<li>Pinellas<\/li>\n<li>Polk<\/li>\n<li>Sarasota<\/li>\n<li>Sumter<\/li>\n<li>Suwannee<\/li>\n<li>Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Wakulla<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forecasters \u200dhave also \u200dissued warnings for potential landslides \u200band flash flooding in western Cuba and\u200b the eastern Yucatan\u2063 Peninsula. <\/p>\n<p>By midweek, the system may bring severe storm surge, torrential rain, and\u200c powerful winds to Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast and Panhandle, the National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u2062 the hurricane center estimates that there is a 90% likelihood overall and a 70% chance that the system will develop into a tropical storm by Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The storm\u2019s core is not predicted to reach the southwest Florida regions that were hit by Hurricane Ian last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to forecast models, the storm\u2062 is also expected to curve northeast into Florida, make landfall along the Gulf coast north\u2063 of \u2063Tampa around the Big Bend region,\u200d and then travel diagonally across the state before reemerging in the Atlantic Ocean close to southeast Georgia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tropical\u200d Storm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a> Advisory 4A: Idalia Bringing Heavy Rains \u200cto Portions of Western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula. Expected to Become a Hurricane Over the Eastern Gulf of \u200dMexico. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tW4KeGe9uJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/tW4KeGe9uJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Hurricane Center\u200c (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic\/status\/1695855212052074520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Ron DeSantis Delivers Update on Tropical Storm Idalia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6QRY3RLh3\">https:\/\/t.co\/i6QRY3RLh3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron \u2064DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1695871071885693086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Hollywood is mourning the death of iconic game-show personality Bob Barker. Here\u2019s more on the stars \u2062legacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>This week has been filled With major \u2064headlines in the U.S. and around the world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has more in our Week In \u200bReview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Dr. \u200dTabia Lee , a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-is-proposing-another-appliance-crackdown-ceiling-fans\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Plans New Ceiling Fan Regulations\">black diversity equity inclusion director<\/a> at\u200d a California college, says she was recently fired for asking questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is holding a hearing on Monday, August 28th to \u2064determine a trial date in former President Trump\u2019s\u2063 D.C. case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden\u2019s Ericsson predicted on Friday intellectual property rights (IPR) licensing \u2064income of\u2062 11 billion Swedish crowns ($1\u2063 billion) this year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By\u2063 Hannah Lang\u200c (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency brokers, including exchanges and payment processors, would have to\u200d report \u200bnew information on users\u2019 sales and exchanges\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Hannah Lang (Reuters) \u2013 Cryptocurrency\u200d brokers, including exchanges and payment processors, would have to report new information on users\u2019 sales and\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra and Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is working on a new electric vehicle policy that would\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in a significant area of Florida due to a possible tropical storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico. 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