The coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina are bracing for severe rain and catastrophic flooding this week as the Debby storm system continues to move north and east.
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00:00We do have an emergency declaration in place, not only from the state,
00:04but we also have the county's emergency declaration in place.
00:07We have four municipalities who have likewise issued an emergency declaration
00:12as well.
00:13The city of Tybee Island, the city of Savannah, the city of Puller, and
00:16the city of Port Wentworth all have emergency declarations in place as well.
00:21So we've come together now to issue this resolution,
00:25resolution declaring a continuous state of emergency due to the tropical storm
00:30Debbie and the implementation of a mandatory curfew beginning August the 5th,
00:352024 at 10 PM and continuing until August the 6th, 2024 at 6 PM.
00:44All of the municipalities will then also put in a curfew.
00:50Heard the mayor from Savannah said that they're going to put in their curfew,
00:53will go into effect.
00:55Everyone's curfew will go into effect at 10 o'clock tonight.
00:59This is not a martial law type thing, but
01:03it's designed to help us to move our system around the county safer.
01:09That's what the purpose for the curfew is to get folks
01:12out of the way of what you've never seen before, all right?
01:15This type of rain hovering over us,
01:18coming with the intensity that they tell us that it's coming.
01:22It's gonna catch a whole lot of people by surprise.
01:25So we're trying to make decisions that will help you to be safe.
01:29So we're trying to make decisions that will help you to be safe.
01:34So we're trying to make decisions that will help you to be safe.
01:39So we're trying to make decisions that will help you to be safe.
01:44So we're trying to make decisions that will help you to be safe.
01:49So we're trying to make decisions that will help you to be safe.