Governor McAuliffe announces improvements to Commonwealth hurricane preparedness

Governor Terry McAuliffe discusses improvements to Virginia’s hurricane preparedness plan with members of his cabinet, local elected officials and representatives of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Transportation, Virginia National Guard and other emergency response organizations Sept. 4, 2014, in Hampton, Va. The plan improvements include an adjustment to the evacuation decision-making timeline. The hurricane in-season review, led by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the Virginia Department of Transportation, focused on five critical areas: coordination and information-sharing between state and local emergency officials, evacuation of impacted areas, sheltering evacuees, assistance to those with access and functional needs or without transportation, and communicating with the public. Read more: go.usa.gov/ypqG (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard)

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