SITUATION
FEMA NATIONAL RESPONSE COORDINATION CENTER TRIFOLD - Major Hurricane Irma
As o f September 8, 2017 (8:00 a.m. EOT) WEATHER AND IMPACTS
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COMMODITIES AND RESOURCES
CURRENT SITUATION: At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Irma was located near latitude 21.7 North, longitude 73.8 West. Irma is moving toward the westnorthwest at 16 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next day or two with a decrease in forward speed. A turn toward the northwest is expected by late Saturday. (NOAA, September 8, 2017, 5:00 a.m. EDT)
Hurricane Irma Forecast: (NOAA, September 8, 2017, 6:00 a.m. EDT)
Commodities: (NRCC SAS Info. Analysis, September 8, 2017, 3:50 a.m. EDT)
Commodities Map (03 September 2017, 0350 EDT) Hurricanes Harvey & i-ms
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IMPACTS AND ACTIONS: Puerto Rico (PR) and U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Hospitals: USVI: The Schneider Regional Hospital in St. Thomas reported
catastrophic damage resulting in 43 patients requiring transport. The USS Wasp is utilizing rotary wing assets to move the patients to St. Croix where they will board U.S. Air Force C-17 for transport (ESF-8 Update, September 8, 2017, 1:39 a.m. EDT) Water: USVI: In anticipation of Hurricane Jose, VI Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) is balancing restoration with planning for the next storm; PR has 221,000 households and businesses without water; outages are suspected to be linked to power outages (Region II SWEAT Report, September 7, 2017, 11:47 a.m. EDT) (ESF-12 Update, September 8, 2017, 02:58 a.m. EDT) Shelters: USVI: Six shelters open with a population of 298. Flooding compromised conditions at two shelters; one shelter evacuated to a nearby facility and the other consolidated with another shelter: PR: Eight shelters are open with a population of 122. (American Red Cross Update, September 8, 2017, 3:39 a.m. EDT) Airports: St. Thomas airport is non-operational, there is heavy damage to the terminal and surrounding infrastructure, no estimate for reopening date at this time (ESF-1 Update, September 8, 2017, 1:54 a.m, EDT)
Ports: Christiansted, St. Croix is open during daylight only; All St. Thomas ports, Cruz Bay, St, John and Fredericksted, St. Croix are closed (ESF-1 Update, September 8, 2017,1:54 a.m. EDT)
Telecoms: St. Croix: 4 of 19 (21%) cell towers are out of service (ESF-2 Update, September 7, 2017, 2:10 p.m. EDT); St. John: 11 of 12 (92%) cell towers are out of service (ESF-2 Update, September 7, 2017, 2:10 p.m. EDT)
St. Thomas: 32 of 65 (49%) cell towers are out of service. PR: Cell phone coverage on the island may be degraded; however, it is reported to be functional. Fifty-six percent of the cell towers are out of service (ESF-2 Update, September 8, 2017, 12:38 a.m. EDT)
Multiple requests received to assist US Citizens in St. Maarten. The Department of State is exploring every possible option to assist U.S, citizens in Dutch St. Maarten (NRCC Spot Report September 8th, 2017 3:45 a.m. EDT)
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Evacuation: FL: Mandatory evacuations in place for Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier, and Monroe Counties (Florida Division of Emergency Management website, September 7, 2:30 p.m. EDT). Florida has started arranging police escorts for the delivery of fuels to evacuation areas where shortages are reported (ESF12 Update, September 7, 2017, 9:24 p.m. EDT). GA: Mandatory evacuation order for all areas east of 1-95, all of Chatham County and some areas west of 1-95 that could be impacted by potential storm surge from Hurricane Irma (State of Georgia Press Release, September 7, 2017, 8:00 p.m. EDT)
Shelters: 27 shelters open with a population of 1,477 (American Red Cross Update, September 8, 2017, 3:39 a.m. ED T)
2,324 hurricane approved shelters identified to serve a population of up to 1,087,591; FL plans to begin opening shelters on September 8, 2017
4,000 Florida National Guard members and 17,000 volunteers to support shelter operations (ESF-6 Update, September 7, 2017, 11:56 p.m. EDT)
Florida Evacuation Map: (FEMA,NWC, September 8, 2017, 6:00 a.m. EDT)
Federal Force Laydown: (NRCC SAS Info. Analysis, September 8, 2017, 5:00 p.m. EDT)
Hurricane irma - Federal Force Laydown & Assets (as Saps,
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