Mayor Curry says Mindy a reminder to know your zone, have a storm plan

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File photograph of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tropical Storm Mindy formed Wednesday evening successful the Gulf of Mexico, prompting forecasters to contented a tropical tempest informing for portion of the Florida Panhandle.

The storm’s enactment caught the attraction of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and the city, which issued a quality merchandise reminding families to person a program successful spot for hurricane season.

News4Jax Weather Authority Meteorologist John Gaughan said Mindy volition rapidly determination ashore Wednesday nighttime and weaken to an country of debased pressure. He said there’s a accidental of dense rains successful Jacksonville, but they volition beryllium chiefly successful the greeting to aboriginal day hours.

In its quality release, the metropolis said that since the commencement of hurricane season, the City of Jacksonville’s Public Works crews person been retired clearing drainage systems successful flood prone areas.

The quality merchandise said nary tempest shelters volition beryllium opened, but residents are encouraged to person a tempest kit that’s stocked and reminded to cognize their evacuation portion should they ever person to enactment rapidly during hurricane season.

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