{"id":6692,"date":"2016-09-02T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mema\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2016-09-02T15:05:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T19:05:45","slug":"tropical-storm-hermine-likely-to-bring-rain-and-wind-to-maryland-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2016\/09\/02\/tropical-storm-hermine-likely-to-bring-rain-and-wind-to-maryland-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Hermine Likely to Bring Rain and Wind to Maryland This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tropical Storm Hermine Likely to Bring Rain and Wind to Maryland This Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEMA is Monitoring the Storm and Making Preparations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen to audio of this release here.<\/a><\/p>\n

REISTERSTOWN, Md. (September 2, 2016<\/strong>) \u2014 Tropical Storm Hermine could bring significant rainfall and wind to portions of Maryland beginning Saturday morning, making for a potentially hazardous Labor Day weekend. The Storm, which is currently located over Florida, is moving north-northeast and is forecast to be located off the Eastern Shore of Maryland by Saturday. Rain, wind and localized flooding may continue throughout the weekend and into early next week.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued tropical storm warnings for St. Mary\u2019s, Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties. In addition to tropical storm force rain and wind, these areas could experience tidal and coastal flooding.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarylanders need to monitor trusted weather sources, such as the NWS weather forecast offices and local news stations, in order to stay updated on this tropical system and associated rain,\u201d said Russ Strickland, executive director of MEMA. \u201cResidents and visitors to the Eastern Shore should pay extra attention\u2014tropical storm tracks can change quickly and unexpectedly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those in potentially affected areas should be familiar with evacuation routes, have a communications plan, keep a battery-powered radio handy and have a plan for pets.<\/p>\n

Find out more information about hurricane and storm preparedness on our website mema.maryland.gov<\/a> or follow our Twitter feed @MDMEMA<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook page<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> account, or by viewing our hurricane preparedness whiteboard video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tropical Storm Hermine Likely to Bring Rain and Wind to Maryland This Weekend MEMA is Monitoring the Storm and Making Preparations Listen to audio of this release here. REISTERSTOWN, Md. (September 2, 2016) \u2014 Tropical Storm Hermine could bring significant rainfall and wind to portions of Maryland beginning Saturday morning, making for a potentially hazardous  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t