Gov. Scott: Tropical Depression Emily Moves off Florida East Coast
Governor Rick Scott spoke with the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) to get an update on Tropical Depression Emily. The State has remained in constant communication with local emergency management officials and state agency leaders to ensure all needs are met and appropriate response to any impacts from Tropical Depression Emily. At this time, there are no unmet needs being reported by any county. As of 6:00 a.m., there were approximately 320 homes and businesses without power, statewide. See the county power outage breakdown HERE. All severe weather watches and warnings have been lifted.
Governor Scott said, "Throughout the night, the State has been in contact with local emergency management officials as Tropical Depression Emily moved off of Florida’s coast. The storm no longer poses a threat to our state. It is good news that power outages have dropped to just over 300 homes, all severe weather watches and warnings have been lifted and there are no unmet needs or evacuation orders. I am proud of the hard work our state and local emergency management officials showed once again to keep Florida families safe as severe weather threatened our state. Although the storm has moved off of our coast, state emergency management officials will continue to hear from local officials today and will deploy state resources to assist local efforts if needed.
"Tropical Storm Emily is a reminder to all Floridians of the sudden threat severe weather can pose in our state, especially during hurricane season. While it is positive news that impacts from this storm appear to be minor, every tropical storm system has the potential to be life threatening. I encourage all Floridians to take this opportunity to visit FloridaDisaster.org/GetAPlan today and get an emergency preparedness plan to protect your family this Hurricane Season. With this storm bringing heavy rain to much of our state, I also urge all Floridians to help combat the Zika virus and dump standing water, no matter how small, around their home and business."
Updated: Tuesday, August 8, 2017
