Gov. DeSantis issues state of emergency for 41 Florida counties ahead of hurricane threat

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Published  September 23, 2024 2:49pm EDT
FOX 35 Orlando
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Tropics forecast: Florida braces for tropical storm, hurricane threat

FOX 35 meteorologist T.J. Springer provides an update on Potentical Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to become a tropical storm and then a hurricane before reaching Florida later this week.

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for more than 40 counties as Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to strengthen and become a hurricane, treks toward the Florida Peninsula this week.

In a memo on Monday, Gov. DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 41 of Florida's 67 counties: Alachua, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hernando, Hillsborough, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Monroe, Okaloosa, Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington counties.

Six of those counties are in Central Florida: Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, and Sumter.

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Gov. DeSantis said the impact of Hurricane Debby, which made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 1 hurricane on Aug. 5, 2024, as still impacting people in that region. Impacts from the potential system could also cause flooding and damage to major highways, roadways, bridges, airports, hospitals, schools, and the power grid across the state.

The emergency declaration allows funding, partnerships, and resources to be allocated to areas around the state at risk of being impacted by a potential system.

Read Gov. DeSantis' executive order on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine

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