{"id":591306,"date":"2023-09-15T20:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/massachusetts-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hurricane-lee-approaches\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T20:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:39:46","slug":"massachusetts-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hurricane-lee-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/massachusetts-governor-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hurricane-lee-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"#Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency as Hurricane Lee approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/64f0e50488aa13.70129916.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/news\/governor-healey-issues-emergency-declaration-activates-national-guard-ahead-of-hurricane-lee\">declared a state of emergency<\/a> on Friday and requested that FEMA issue a Pre-Disaster Emergency Declaration as the Northeast braces for Hurricane Lee\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n<p>Healy also activated up to 50 National Guard members to aid in storm preparations and response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI am declaring a state of emergency ahead of anticipated impacts from Hurricane Lee to ensure that the state can mobilize quickly to respond,\u201d Healy said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the extensive efforts of public safety officials who are responding to emergencies to keep people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Lee is barreling toward the New England states and is expected to bring high winds and dangerous ocean swells.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?start\">an advisory<\/a>, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that tropical storm conditions and coastal flooding are expected to hit southern New England this afternoon and spread north through Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese conditions are likely to lead to downed trees and potential power outages,\u201d the NHC advisory said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/build-an-emergency-kit\">encouraging residents<\/a> to assemble emergency kits that include food, water, a flashlight and a radio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are prepared to operate the State and MEMA East Regional Emergency Operations Centers 24\/7 for as long as they are needed,\u201d said MEMA Director Dawn Brantley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Under the Stafford Act, a disaster relief and emergency assistance act, Massachusetts would be eligible for federal assistance to cover personnel, equipment, supplies and evacuation assistance costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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Maura Healy declared a state of emergency on Friday and requested that FEMA issue a Pre-Disaster Emergency Declaration as the Northeast braces for Hurricane Lee\u2019s impact. Healy also activated up to 50 National Guard members to aid in storm preparations and response.\u00a0 \u201cI am declaring a state of emergency ahead of anticipated impacts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":591307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/64f0e50488aa13.70129916.jpeg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134344,117,134343,134353,145818,134661,89715,80445,145619,133498,145782,77046,145411,71525,95346],"class_list":["post-591306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-administration","tag-business","tag-campaign","tag-court-battles","tag-emergency-declaration","tag-energy-environment","tag-fema","tag-healthcare","tag-hurricane-lee","tag-in-the-know","tag-maura-healey","tag-national-guard","tag-national-hurricane-center","tag-national-security","tag-state-of-emergency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}