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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  Read the Rest…

Harford County Opens Cooling Centers at Public Libraries

(Bel Air, MD) – – With heat index values expected to reach nearly 105 degrees on Friday, June 29 and Saturday June 30, Harford County Public Library will help serve as cooling stations for Harford County residents in need of relief from the heat. Each Harford County Public Library will be open to the public during theirnormal hours  Read the Rest…

MEMA ISSUES EMERGENCY HEAT PREPAREDNESS ADVISORY

Awareness, Preparedness and Caution are Strongly Encouraged REISTERSTOWN, MD (June 30, 2012) The Maryland Emergency Management Agency encourages Marylanders to continue to be prepared and use caution this weekend as the National Weather Service is reporting extreme heat and the potential for dangerous thunderstorms. At present over 800,000 people are without power. Utility companies are reporting restoration could  Read the Rest…

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