
Irma to track toward U.S.: Residents of East, Gulf coasts urged to prepare
Residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert in advance of Hurricane Irma.

Residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert in advance of Hurricane Irma.

AccuWeather reports that emergency managers in the United States have another tropical threat to monitor by the name of Irma.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency that will allow Virginia to expedite aid to the impacted Gulf Coast areas.

AccuWeather predicts Hurricane Harvey, which has wreaked havoc in Texas, to be the most costly natural disaster in United States history.

Gov. McAuliffe ordered emergency response resources to Texas to assist all those impacted by the storm damage and unprecedented flooding.

Harvey will race across the Ohio Valley and northeastern United States with rain during part of the Labor Day weekend.

Virginia is receiving $2.67 million in federal funds from NOAA to help the Commonwealth administer its coastal management program.

AccuWeather reports Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a major hurricane between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas early on Friday night.

While popular with conservation groups, coastal easements that prevent development in order to protect marshland are not favored by property owners.

Any report by the Union of Concerned Scientists is met with skepticism in some quarters.
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