Tropical
Storm Irene is Now a Hurricane
(Miami, FL
August 22, 2011)—Hurricane Irene has formed near Puerto
Rico. There is a
potential threat to our area, although no watches have been issued
at this time.
The City
of Miami EOC is at Level III activation and monitoring closely the
situation. No other
activation is needed at this time.
The
forecasts show the system could be in our area late Thursday as a
Category 2 hurricane.
Our Solid
Waste and Public Works Departments are carrying out normal
operations and will be coordinating with Emergency Management, as
will other departments, for an Action Plan as the storms approaches
Florida.
The
forecasts can be viewed at
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/, for weather information go to,
http://www.weather.gov