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DeSantis Declares Emergency in 25 Florida Counties as Tropical Depression Nine Nears Gulf Coast
Gov. DeSantis signed Executive Order 26-202 on Tuesday, placing 25 North Florida counties under a state of emergency ahead of Tropical Depression Nine, which could strengthen into a tropical storm or hurricane.
Why it matters
Tropical Depression Nine is expected to strengthen in the coming days and could make landfall as a tropical storm or hurricane along Florida's central Gulf Coast later this week. North Florida's soils are already saturated after significant recent rainfall, raising the risk of flash flooding.
Full report
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Executive Order 26-202 on Tuesday (October 6), declaring a state of emergency in 25 counties and authorizing the Florida Division of Emergency Management to pre-stage critical response resources.
Assets are being staged in Tallahassee and the Santa Rosa area for rapid deployment, including generators, fuel, flood barriers, boxed water pallets, shelf-stable meals, flood buckets, tarps, Tiger Dams and sandbags. Officials urged residents to finalize disaster plans and stock hurricane supply kits.
Expected impacts include heavy rainfall, strong winds, coastal flooding and isolated tornadoes across North Florida. Storm preparation resources are available at FloridaDisaster.org, with updates from @FLSERT on X. The 25 counties: Baker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Walton, Wakulla and Washington.
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