Hurricane Response and Recovery (Earl)

• Weather Updates
• Personnel / Response Updates 
• Presidential Declarations
• Local/State Emergency Management Agencies
• News Releases

Weather Updates

• Visit www.weather.gov or www.hurricanes.gov for the latest weather forecasts in your area. If you were affected by severe weather from Earl, listen to local officials and follow these tips on returning home safely.

Personnel / Response Updates

• The U.S. Coast Guard conducted two assessment flights over Boston.
  
  
• In the U.S. Virgin Islands, joint territorial-federal Preliminary Damage Assessments for Hurricane Earl began Friday, September 3.
  
  
• Incident Management Assistance Teams (IMAT) (PDF, Text) have all been demobilized except for two. The Region 4 IMAT team will return to duty to support the North Carolina Preliminary Damage Assessments and the U.S. Virgin Islands IMAT team will continue to support Preliminary Damage Assessments.
  
  
• Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Incident Support Teams (PDF, Text) have all stood down.
  
  
• As of September 3, FEMA is demobilizing the Incident Support Base in North Carolina, and as of September 4, FEMA is in the process of demobilizing the Incident Support Base in Massachusetts.

Presidential Declarations

• Massachusetts
  
  • Public Assistance for Barnstable, Bristol, Brunswick, Carteret, Duplin, Dukes, Edgecombe, Essex, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Northampton, Pender, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties.
    
    
• North Carolina
  
  • Public Assistance for Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.

Local/State Emergency Management Agencies

• Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
• Delaware Emergency Management Agency
• Hyde County (NC) Emergency Services Department
• Maryland Emergency Management Agency
• Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
• New Jersey Office of Emergency Management 
• New York State Emergency Management Office 
• North Carolina Department of Emergency Management 
• North Carolina Department of Transportation
• Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
• Virgina Department of Emergency Management

News Releases

• As Tropical Storm Earl Moves Northeast, Away From The US, FEMA Continues To Underscore The Importance Of Preparedness, Sep 4
  
  
• FEMA Urges Caution And Preparation As Hurricane Earl Moves Towards New England, Sep 3
  
  
• President Declares Emergency Disaster For Massachusetts, Sep 3
  
  
• As Hurricane Earl Moves Closer To East Coast, FEMA Continues Urging All Residents To Be Prepared, Sep 2
  
  
• President Declares Emergency For North Carolina, Sep 2
  
  
• With Hurricane Warnings In Effect For Parts Of The East Coast, FEMA Urges All Residents To Be Prepared, Sep 1
  
  
• Updated: As Hurricane Earl Approaches, FEMA Urges East Coast Residents To Be Prepared, Aug 31
  
  
• As Hurricane Earl Approaches, FEMA Urges East Coast Residents to be Prepared, Aug 30
  
  
• FEMA Continues To Monitor Hurricane Earl, Encourages Everyone To Be Prepared, Aug 30