DeSantis declares state of emergency ahead of approaching gulf storm

Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for president, was expected to be traveling outside the state next week. | Charlie Neibergall/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday for much of Florida’s Gulf Coast as a potentially powerful storm moves toward Florida that could arrive next week.

“I signed an Executive Order issuing a state of emergency out of an abundance of caution to ensure that the Florida Division of Emergency Management can begin staging resources and Floridians have plenty of time to prepare their families for a storm next week,” DeSantis wrote in a statement. “I encourage Floridians to have a plan in place and ensure that their hurricane supply kit is stocked.”

The list of counties that DeSantis included in the declaration is along the Gulf Coast, from Lee County in the south to Gulf County in the Panhandle, just east of Panama City. Some of the counties were also recently impacted by Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in September of last year in Southwest Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm. Ian killed at least 149 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

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