Md. Governor Declares State Of Emergency For Storm Preps
REISTERSTOWN, Md. (WJZ/AP) -- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency to allow emergency responders to begin to prepare for flooding from heavy rains and damage from a hurricane.
WJZ's Pat Warren has more.
The governor spoke Thursday afternoon from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency in Reisterstown.
Drenching storms are moving up the East Coast, a region already swamped by rain from earlier this week. The waters have done damage in the Carolinas and southwest Virginia, and could cause power outages and close roads in the Mid-Atlantic.
WJZ FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Gov. Larry Hogan Declares State of Emergency| Joaquin Now Cat 4 Hurricane |Tracking Joaquin Live Blog |Current Conditions | Download The App
The approach of Hurricane Joaquin could intensify the damage, but rain is forecast across the region regardless of that storm's path.
(Copyright 2015 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)