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SUMMARY: Hurricane Ian continues to grow in magnitude and is expected to make landfall by Thursday, along the western coast of Florida in the vicinity of Tampa. Florida shelters are open for evacuees. FEMA has taken a number of actions in anticipation of Ian’s arrival. Typhoon Noru continues to barrel across the South China Sea and is approximately 169 kms from Da Nang, Vietnam. Haiti continues to experience civil unrest do to ongoing labor strike.
Sections:
Haiti - Unions calling for a nationwide strike 26-28 September, potential for violence high.
Hurricane Ian - Portions of western Cuba are experiencing devastating wind and storm surge damage as Ian continues to grow in magnitude. Storm surge from Ian is expected to be between 5-10 feet in height in the Tampa metro area. Florida, from the west coast across to the Space coast will be affected by Ian in the coming days. For those requiring shelter, Florida’s Disaster organization has a website which lists all shelters and their current status (open/close).
Vietnam: Typhoon Noru continues to head east across the South China Sea toward Vietnam.
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United States - Florida - Hurricane Ian - FEMA has taken a number of actions in anticipation of Hurricane Ian.
- FEMA is prepositioning supplies and personnel to strategic locations in Florida and Alabama. This will allow us to get help where it needs to be as soon as possible. Supplies being staged at Maxwell Airforce Base include 3.5 million liters of water and 3.6 million meals. Supplies in Alabama include more than a million liters of water, more than 480,000 meals and more than 7,200 cots. Additional supplies are en route.
- The agency has more than 4,000 reservists available to deploy to support any future disasters. Additionally, more than 7,500 Surge Capacity Force members are rostered to deploy if needed. The agency is establishing a personnel mobilization center to expedite forward movement when needed.
- The National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. and the Region 4 Response Coordination Center in Atlanta are activated. This will help us coordinate federal, state, local, territorial and tribal activity.
- FEMA deployed three Incident Management Teams to Atlanta. Another team and a Mobile Emergency Response Support team are in Tallahassee to support any state coordination needs. Three other Mobile Communications Operation Vehicles are in route to Maxwell Airforce Base in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Two Urban Search and Rescue Teams and an Incident Support Team are in Florida, and one is in Montgomery, Alabama to support Florida response efforts.
- A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers power restoration team is deploying to Craig Field in Alabama ahead of the storm. FEMA ordered four generator packs, with a total of 117 units. Additional fuel supplies are also being staged at Warner Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.
- FEMA activated a National Medical Transport Support contract for 52 ambulances and 100 paratransit seats. These resources will stage at Orange County Convention Center in Florida.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deployed a National Disaster Medical System and two health and medical task forces to Florida. Additional DMATs are on alert to deploy as needed.
The most recent FEMA disaster relief and other announcements from FEMA Regions 1 through 10.
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