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webmasterb@nationalvoicesite.com President Declares Emergency For North Carolina WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 2, 2010- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Craig Fugate announced today that Federal aid is available to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Earl beginning on September 1, 2010, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties. Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding. FEMA named Michael Bolch as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area. Bolch said that additional designations may be made at a later date after further evaluation. Federal Aid Programs For The State Of North Carolina Emergency September 2, 2010 - Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama’s emergency declaration issued for North Carolina. Assistance for the State and Affected Local Governments Can Include as Required: FEMA is authorized to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the designated areas. Specifically, FEMA is authorized to provide emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program at 75 percent Federal funding. ...INTENSE HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES ON A NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK...EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE OUTER BANKS TONIGHT...
8:00 AM EDT Thu Sep 2 Location: 30.1°N 74.8°W Max sustained: 145 mph Moving: NNW at 18 mph Min pressure: 932 mb WATCHES AND WARNINGS A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE EYE OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 145 MPH...230 KM/HR...WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM...FROM THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM THE HURRICANE HUNTER HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND WINDS...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE NORTH STORM SURGE...A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS RAINFALL...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED SURF...LARGE SWELLS FROM EARL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BAHAMAS Major Hurricane Earl Threatens U.S. East Coast into Labor Day Weekend
Tropical Storm Fiona Following
GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The WeatherBug Meteorological Operations Team is actively tracking the path of Hurricane Earl as it moves away from Puerto Rico and is now passing well to the east of the Turks and Caicos over warm Atlantic waters. Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Earl`s current forecast brings Earl and its 135 mph sustained winds very near the U.S. East Coast later Thursday and Friday. Along the U.S. East Coast, a Hurricane Watch has been issued from Surf City, N.C. to Duck, N.C. while a Tropical Storm Watch has been issued from Cape Fear, N.C. to Surf City, N.C. As of 5 p.m. EDT, Hurricane Earl was located near 22.0 N, 68.8 W or about 150 miles east-northeast of Grand Turk Island (about 1,000 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.). Maximum sustained winds remain at 135 mph, making Earl a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Earl has turned to the northwest and is moving at 14 mph. Its central pressure has remained at 27.76 inches or 940 mb. Earl will continue to take more of a northwest turn through Wednesday and then start to head on a more northerly route. If the northern turn, driven by high pressure moving off the U.S. East Coast, occurs later, the Outer Banks and the Mid-Atlantic could be in Earl`s bulls-eye. Even if it stays offshore, Earl could still trigger flooding and significant beach erosion along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Coast as the storm churns up the coast. Fresh on Earl`s heels is the newly formed Tropical Storm Fiona that will follow a similar path to Earl.
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