Tropical storm is a good test for new protocols put in place to battle hurricane season amid pandemic. FMTNews Florida
Waves are driven by Tropical Storm Isaias crash over the jetty at in Palm Beach Shores on Aug 2.
At 8pm, the storm was 90km from America’s Cape Canaveral space centre, moving northwest at 14.4kph, the Miami-based NHC said. As Florida battened down, it was also battling its coronavirus outbreak, which has complicated preparations. The storm has even had an impact beyond Earth, with Nasa closely monitoring it before finally giving the green light to the SpaceX Crew Dragon craft to return two astronauts from the International Space Station.
The state emergency management director, Jared Moskowitz, said “this was a really good test of a lot of the new protocols and procedures that have been put in place here in the state of Florida battle a hurricane season with Covid-19”. Isaias on Thursday unleashed destruction in Puerto Rico, downing trees and electrical lines and inundating houses as it cut a path through the island.
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