Maryland Emergency Management Agency To Raise State Activation Level For Tropical Depression Ida

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Governor Larry Hogan Wednesday directed the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to rise its authorities activation level for Tropical Depression Ida.

The raised activation level volition let MEMA to “coordinate an businesslike statewide multi-agency response, and enactment successful existent clip to code immoderate section requests for assistance,” Hogan said.

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The hurricane remnants are trekking crossed the portion Wednesday, bringing 1 of the astir progressive terrible upwind days the portion has seen successful a while.

“With this large storm, determination is the imaginable for important amounts of rainfall that could pb to terrible flash flooding and stream flooding thereafter, said Hogan. “Winds of 25-35 mph could pb to instances of downed trees and powerfulness outages. A tornado menace encompasses overmuch of the state.

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Remnants of Ida volition interact with a stalled front, starring to a prolonged play of dense rainfall opening Wednesday greeting and continuing done Wednesday night. Considerable stream and flash flooding is possible.

Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected, with immoderate areas adjacent seeing up to 6 inches.

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The Governor’s Office advises residents to instrumentality these precautions up of the storm.

• Never thrust done flooded roadways. Turn Around, Don’t Drown.
• Heed each warnings and enactment indoors during terrible weather.
• Closely show updated upwind forecasts and beryllium definite to person a mode to entree section forecasts and warnings.
• Keep devices charged successful lawsuit of powerfulness outages.
• Let friends oregon household cognize of your question way and expected accomplishment time.
• Know who to interaction successful the lawsuit of a powerfulness outage. Emergency telephone numbers for inferior companies tin beryllium recovered here.
• Follow MEMA and your determination National Weather Service (NWS) societal media accounts for localized forecasts.

CBS Baltimore Staff