2024 Eclipse: Kaufman County issues disaster declaration

With hundreds of thousands of people expected to visit for the April 8 total solar eclipse, Kaufman County has issued a disaster declaration.Judge Jakie Allen issued the declaration from April 5 through April 9.Kaufman and Terrell are on the centerline of the eclipse, making it a hot spot for tourists. Totality is expected to last longer than 4 more minutes in Kaufman County, which is one of the longest stretches in the country.

Bell, Kerr, Travis, and Kendall counties have issued an official state of emergency and declaration of disaster. The states of Oklahoma, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, New York and Kentucky have alerted residents to be prepared ahead of the upcoming eclipse. The eclipse is expected to pass over Mexico’s Pacific coast, dashing up through Texas and Oklahoma, and crisscrossing the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and New England, before exiting over eastern Canada into the Atlantic.

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