Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to give his first Hurricane Idalia update of the day from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee at 9 a.m.
Also attending are Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie, Major General John Haas with the Florida National Guard and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared Perdue.
The video will be streamed on thefloridachannel.org.
– Richard Tribou
Lake County buses will be running
LakeXpress service will operate as normal through 8:00 p.m. All services end at 8:00 p.m.
Lake County Connection, the county’s paratransit service, will provide Dialysis, Life Sustaining, and Evacuation services only.
– Carolyn Guniss
Rocket launch delayed on Space Coast
Tuesday morning was supposed to have seen the second launch of the year for United Launch Alliance, which had an 8:34 a.m. planned liftoff of its Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. But late Monday ULA decided to put launch plans on hold.
“Out of an abundance of caution for personnel safety, a critical national security payload and the approaching [Hurricane] Idalia, the team made the decision to return the rocket and payload to the vertical integration facility,” ULA stated.
A new launch date will be determined “once it is safe to launch.”
– Richard Tribou
Florida public schools shut down
Public schools in the following counties will be closed Tuesday because of what is expected to become powerful Hurricane Idalia: Alachua, Citrus, Charlotte, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Franklin, Gilchrist, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lafayette, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota, Suwannee, Taylor and Wakulla.
– News Service of Florida
Idalia closes state universities
The following state universities will be closed Tuesday because of what is expected to become powerful Hurricane Idalia: New College of Florida, the University of North Florida and the University of South Florida.
– News Service of Florida
