As Hurricane Sandy approaches the region, a number of municipal offices and schools throughout the region are closed today (Monday). Officials continue to monitor National Weather Service and other forecasts as preparations continue for potential emergencies caused by flooding and wind damage. As part of the preparation, a number of evacuations have been ordered in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and a number of shelters have been set up for evacuees.
Here is the updated National Weather Service 5-Day Forecast Cone for Hurricane Sandy:
High wind warnings, coastal flood warnings, and other advisories extend for several hundred files outside of the forecast cone. The worst of the flooding (including a combination of storm surge plus incoming tide) is anticipated at high tide this evening. For location specific forecasts, please consult the guidance for the appropriate local weather office:
National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Caribou, ME
National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Gray/Portland, ME
National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Taunton/Boston, MA
National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Burlington, VT
National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Albany, NY
National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Upton/New York City, NY
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has also announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Sandy beginning on 26 October 2012 and continuing.
The President's action authorizes 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 all counties in the State of Rhode Island.
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, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent federal funding
Media reports:
CT: Towns being evacuated, winds intensifying as Sandy heads toward Connecticut (New Haven Register)
CT: Town orders mandatory evacuations in coastal area (Greenwich Time)
ME: Sandy set to thrash Maine (Portland Press Herald)
MA: Call sounds to stay put as Sandy bears down (Boston Globe)
MA: SouthCoast battens the hatches as Hurricane Sandy tears up the east coast (The Standard-Times)
NH: Area preps for arrival of Sandy (Nashua Telegraph)
NH/ME: Seacoast braces for impact of Hurricane Sandy (Portsmouth Herald)
RI/CT: Towns do what they can before Sandy strikes (Westerly Sun)
VT: East Coast storm: Moment of truth for Vermont (Burlington Free Press)
VT: Political signs could pose storm hazard (Burlington Free Press)
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