TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As Category 3 Hurricane Isaias approaches Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold another news conference on Friday night.
DeSantis’ office announced that he will hold the briefing in Tallahassee, flanked by Attorney General James Uthmeier and Florida Division of Emergency Management Executive Director Jared Perdue.
While the conference is slated for 11 p.m., no specific details have been provided about what the governor will discuss.
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DeSantis has already held several news conferences since he first declared a state of emergency earlier this week, back when Isaias was still just a tropical depression.
Now, Isaias is expected to make landfall as early as Friday night, impacting much of the panhandle.
News 6 will stream the conference live when it happens.
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In a news conference Friday morning, DeSantis said the state has marshaled an extensive array of resources ahead of Hurricane Isaias’ expected landfall, including more than 1,000 generators, half a million gallons of gasoline, 1 million gallons of diesel and more than 1 million bottles of water.
He urged residents — especially those new to the region — to prepare now.
“Make sure you have what you need — gasoline, any prescriptions, nonperishable food, water — to be able to get you through this, particularly [the] 72-hour period,” DeSantis said.
The governor also warned that storm impacts would extend well beyond the coastline, with saturated ground increasing flood risk across Northwest Florida. He added that the Florida National Guard has mobilized 5,000 Guardsmen, and more than 16,000 linemen are pre-positioned for power restoration efforts following the storm.
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