{"id":362963,"date":"2018-05-27T02:54:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T01:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/presstv-florida-and-mississippi-declare-states-of-emergency\/"},"modified":"2018-05-27T02:54:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T01:54:53","slug":"presstv-florida-and-mississippi-declare-states-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/presstv-florida-and-mississippi-declare-states-of-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"PressTV-Florida and Mississippi declare states of emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Florida and Mississippi on Saturday declared states of emergency as Subtropical Storm Alberto moves north toward the US\u00a0Gulf Coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall and flooding by Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All 67 Florida counties were issued the notice to give state and local governments enough time and resources to prepare, Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to monitor Subtropical Storm Alberto\u2019s northward path toward Florida, it is critically important that all Florida counties have every available resource to keep families safe and prepare for the torrential rain and severe flooding this storm will bring,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>His Mississippi counterpart, Phil Bryant, also declared a state of emergency. In a statement, Bryant said coastal and inland flooding could be a serious issue in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you\u2019re a resident of this state or just visiting, you need to stay updated on this evolving tropical system,\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2018\/05\/27\/563012\/Florida-declares-state-of-emergency-as-storm-Alberto-approaches\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida and Mississippi on Saturday declared states of emergency as Subtropical Storm Alberto moves north toward the US\u00a0Gulf Coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall and flooding by Monday. All 67 Florida counties were issued the notice to give state and local governments enough time and resources to prepare, Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-362963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}