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Florida Gov. DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Tropical Depression
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 6, 8:30 PM EDT
updated Oct 9, 7:50 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WKMG (News 6 CBS), WESH 2 (NBC) and WFTV (Channel 9 ABC), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Florida Gov. DeSantis was scheduled to speak after Hurricane Isaias made landfall, WKMG reported. As the storm approached, DeSantis declared a state of emergency for counties in Florida, including 27 counties according to WESH 2 and 25 counties according to WFTV.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 7, Oct 10, 12:57 AM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Florida Gov. DeSantis set to speak after Hurricane Isaias makes landfall · WKMG (News 6 CBS)
- Gov. DeSantis declares state of emergency for 27 Florida counties due to Hurricane Isaias · WESH 2 (NBC)
- Florida Governor declares state of emergency for 25 counties · WFTV (Channel 9 ABC)
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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Orange County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.