{"id":313777,"date":"2026-06-20T02:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313777\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T02:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:25:10","slug":"2026-hurricane-expo-in-orlando-get-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313777\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Hurricane Expo in Orlando: Get Prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Orange County officials are encouraging residents to prepare for hurricane season by attending the 2026 Hurricane Expo this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The free event, hosted by Orange County Government and the Office of Emergency Management, will take place Saturday, June 20, at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Attendees will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with emergency responders and safety vendors, learn hurricane survival tips, and get information about the 2026 hurricane season forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">National Weather Service meteorologist Brendan Schaper is also scheduled to discuss hurricane predictions for the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Organizers say free preparedness items will be available while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The event is open to the public and is designed to help residents better prepare their families and homes before storms threaten Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Where: Oak Ridge High School Gym, 700 W. Oak Ridge Road, OrlandoCost: Free<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">County officials encourage residents to take advantage of the event as hurricane season continues across Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781922310_692_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Orange County officials are encouraging residents to prepare for hurricane season by attending the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147,145,21661,28,125664,1847,130595,1335,139,141,140,144,146],"class_list":["post-313777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-emergency-management","tag-florida","tag-hurricane-expo","tag-hurricane-season","tag-hurricane-survival","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}