{"id":49506,"date":"2021-07-03T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49506"},"modified":"2021-07-03T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T18:11:11","slug":"florida-under-a-state-of-emergency-due-to-tropical-storm-elsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/07\/florida-under-a-state-of-emergency-due-to-tropical-storm-elsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida under a state of emergency due to Tropical Storm Elsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for parts of Florida ahead of the potential threat posed by Tropical Storm Elsa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/snapshot-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/snapshot-7-1.jpg 876w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/snapshot-7-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/snapshot-7-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Hurricane Center, there is now an increased risk for storm surges, rainfall, and tropical storm conditions for Florida that could continue through Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 state of emergency applies to Hillsborough, Sarasota, Charlotte, Citrus, Pinellas, Pasco, Lee, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Levy counties. The governor said this list may change depending on the storm\u2019s track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cIf it does go west, we could even take Miami-Dade out of it if there\u2019s not gonna be any impact in Miami-Dade,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cIf it stays close to east, then obviously, potentially, as we get into northern Florida, we\u2019re probably gonna have to add some counties in the interior.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis appointed Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, as the state coordinating officer for the state\u2019s response to the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur executive order will assist the division and the state emergency response team to the storm, ensuring Floridians are prepared for potential impact,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earliest expected impact on Florida is expected this Monday afternoon, according to a National Weather Service official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for parts of Florida ahead of the potential threat posed by Tropical Storm Elsa. According to the National Hurricane Center, there is&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[467],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49508,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49506\/revisions\/49508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}