“We have thousands of tests that will not be conducted until we get these test sites up and running again,” Mr. Gimenez said during a news conference on Friday. The governor, a Republican, had planned to close all of the state’s testing sites from Friday to Wednesday. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The tropical storm is expected to be upgraded to a hurricane again overnight and may hit Florida’s coast, further testing a state that has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium.

pic.twitter.com/13twIJXfwu. For those living in less stable housing, such as mobile homes, officials recommended sheltering with a family member or friend who resides in a sturdy home, or relocating to a hotel. The county has recorded more than 20,000 cases in the past seven days. Isaias was making a mess of things from the mid-Atlantic states into the Northeast. “We are forecasting it to become a hurricane before it reaches the coast this evening,” senior hurricane specialist Daniel Brown said. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. At the splashdown site, winds must be less than 10 miles per hour, and there are additional constraints on waves and rain.


And differential winds that can weaken storms by disrupting their rotating, or cyclonic, structure are at their quietest. Parts of New York are included in the forecast cone as the storm heads for Canada. They mandated that nursing homes install backup generators in case of severe weather. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Though Isaias threatened to delay the return trip of two Florida-bound astronauts who have been aboard the International Space Station since June, they were able to undock and begin their long journey home.

In preparation for Hurricane Isaias, I signed an executive order yesterday to declare a state of emergency in every coastal county of Florida’s east coast from Miami-Dade to Nassau county. Kristen Knapp, a spokeswoman for the Florida Health Care Association, which lobbies for nursing homes, said that not every nursing home that applied for a variance was without a generator. What shape those impacts take remains to be seen.

Mr. Lee said he was concerned that social distancing would be impossible if dozens of residents were gathered in a common space.

Its winds were swirling at about 70 m.p.h., just under the 74 m.p.h. And a tropical storm watch reaches about 40 miles north of Charleston, S.C. The SpaceX Crew Dragon is scheduled to splash down near Florida on Sunday, though Hurricane Isaias could change those plans. “Don’t be fooled by the downgrade,” warned Gov. Palm Beach County opened four general population centers at one middle school and three high schools Saturday morning as Isaias continued to stretch up the Atlantic Coast. The first hurricane, Hanna, which struck South Texas last week, was a Category 1 storm, with winds below 96 m.p.h. Many testing sites would be unsafe for lab personnel during the storm’s wind and rain, Mr. DeSantis said during a news conference on Friday.
And forecasters said they expected Isaias to again become a Category 1 hurricane before scraping Florida’s coast.

Isaias made landfall around 10:10 p.m. CDT Monday near Ocean Isle in North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. The shelters are available only to residents who live in mobile homes or “sub-standard” housing, the county said. The National Hurricane Center estimates 2 to 4 inches of rain for eastern New York… The storm is expected to weaken and be off the coast of Georgia on Monday morning, and off the coast of South Carolina by Monday evening.

Battery Park, Harlem and Central Park are among the areas expected to be hit hardest by the storm, the service added. Isaias was still a strong tropical storm with 65 mph winds on Tuesday afternoon as it tracked through New York state, according to the National Hurricane Center. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Isaias is expected to weaken slowly today while bringing rough weather to the Northeast through Wednesday. This is something that’s an evolving situation, and we know we are going to get some impacts. We just got word this morning that that has been approved. “This pandemic is really a threat to the residents in these facilities, not just from a health care perspective, but for natural disasters as well.”. Isaias Churns Toward Florida After Hitting Bahamas. Forecasters said “widespread” tropical storm conditions are anticipated in New York, Long Island, and southern New England, with gusts up to hurricane force still possible. “There is Covid in every aspect of your hurricane preparedness needs,” Mr. Johnson said at a news conference on Friday. Residents there reported power cuts while authorities closed beaches, parks and virus testing sites, attaching signs to palm trees so they would not take flight in the wind. Forecasters will also be watching for more tornadoes. Track local tropical storms and hurricane activity near New York, NY, with AccuWeather's Localized Hurricane Tracker. “It’s forecast to produce a dangerous storm surge, of 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 meters) in portions of North and South Carolina,” added Brown.