Mayor Nutter Urges Residents In Flood Prone Areas To Relocate
"Make plans now to stay with family and friends. We are calling on you to be out of those homes by 2 p.m. on Sunday," Nutter said.
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"Make plans now to stay with family and friends. We are calling on you to be out of those homes by 2 p.m. on Sunday," Nutter said.
The latest track now takes the storm into central Delaware as a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday morning.
Tree service companies are bracing for a busy few days once Hurricane Sandy hits our area.
The New Jersey State Emergency Operations Center was activated at 8 a.m. today to coordinate preparations related to the storm.
PEMA is urging Pennsylvania residents to take the weekend to prepare for at least three days in their homes without power or outside assistance.
During a hurricane, your pets may need comforting. The thunder, wind, and rain of a hurricane can spook them.
As Sandy continues to pose a very real threat to the area, there are a number of preparations residents are being urged to undertake.
Officials with both the City of Philadelphia and the Eagles are watching the path of Hurricane Sandy, and Eagles officials say at this point Sunday's game at the Linc is still a "go."
Friday morning dawns with a clearer consensus about the projected path and impact of Sandy, and as the cone of uncertainty continues to narrow, our region comes into sharper focus.
All is calm in Atlantic City, but emergency management officials aren't taking any chances with Hurricane Sandy barreling up the coast. They're expected to meet Friday to lay out a storm plan. It's something many Jersey Shore towns are doing as well.
The current tracks for Hurricane Sandy all show the Jersey Shore getting hit hard and residents are getting ready for it.
PennDOT managers from the Philadelphia region were planning to hold a conference call later this morning to discuss preparations for Hurricane Sandy and the latest on the path of the storm.
The majority of the hurricane models are in agreement that the storm moves back toward the east coast and makes landfall along or close to the Jersey Shore as a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center agrees with its latest update.
The PECO Emergency Operations Command Center is a hive of activity as Hurricane Sandy inches closer to the Delaware Valley.
PennDOT is already preparing for Sandy and the threat it poses to the region.
Margate Public Works crews will make over a thousand sandbags to give out at the Public Works yard.
Hurricane Sandy is currently a category 2 storm right now and it is forecasted to transition into a large coastal storm as it moves northward toward our region.
Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain and a powerful storm surge as it headed for landfall Wednesday near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and then pose a possible threat to Florida. At least one person in nearby Haiti was killed after being swept away by a rushing river.
