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Maryland Department of Emergency Management

Allegany County: Shelter and Cooling Center Update

The Allegany County Fairgrounds will be manned & open overnight; there are shelterer’s
currently onsite due to lack of power. Committee will reassess need for
shelter services after breakfast tomorrow.

Per Red Cross, there is a truck with bottled water enroute to Orleans VFD.
Water will be available for that community’s residents. The truck will
then deliver rest of load to shelter site. The truck is also carrying
shelter cots. ETA to Orleans is approx 45min.

Also expecting a tractor-trailer load of water to be delivered to the
Lavale Walmart. ETA unknown at this time but monitoring situation.