Gov. Ron DeSantis Declares State of Emergency for Brevard County Ahead of Hurricane Milton

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ABOVE VIDEO: Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a State of Emergency for Brevard County ahead of Hurricane Milton set to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a State of Emergency for Brevard County ahead of Hurricane Milton set to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

As of 1 p.m. today, Milton has strengthened into a Category 1 Hurricane, with max sustained winds of 80 mph. Milton is still forecast to intensify into a major hurricane early this week and remain a major hurricane as it approaches the west coast of Florida midweek.

Hurricane and storm surge watches could be issued as early as late Sunday for Florida as Tropical Storm Milton as Milton was about 800 miles west-southwest of Tampa according to NHC’s 1 p.m. update on Sunday.

Currently, the storm has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and is moving east-southeast at 6 mph and is expected to gain hurricane status Sunday nigh,t and a major hurricane status on late Monday, according to the NHC.

On the Space Coast, rainfall amounts of 5 to 8 inches are forecast and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for 51 counties ahead of Milton’s landfall on the Florida west coast.

In anticipation of the potential impacts from Tropical Storm Milton, expected to strengthen to Hurricane Milton, Brevard County will offer free sandbags for residents beginning 8 a.m. Monday.

With the National Hurricane Center’s forecast of a major hurricane that will strike the west coast of Florida and will bring hurricane conditions to Brevard County, longtime Central Florida Meteorologist and Space Coast Daily correspondent Danny Treanor offers some sage advice and reminders on how to prepare for a storm. CLICK HERE TO WACH

Sites open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7:

-Chain of Lakes Park, 2300 Truman Scarborough Way, Titusville, FL 32796.
-Mitch Ellington Park, 577 Hall Road, Merritt Island, FL, 32953. Enter from West Hall Road.
-Wickham Park, 2500 Parkway Dr., Melbourne, FL 32935. Enter using south access from Parkway Dr.
-Eastern Florida State College-Palm Bay Campus, 250 Community College Parkway SE Palm Bay, 32909

Sand is being provided by Brevard County Public Works and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office will have supervised inmate work crews filling and loading sandbags for residents.

Residents do not need to bring sandbags, bags are provided and filled by on-site personnel.

There is a limit of 10 sandbags per vehicle. Please be aware, lines may be closed earlier than 6 p.m. to ensure a timely closure.

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