McAleenan, at FEMA headquarters, talks about Dorian's approach to US mainland
As Hurricane Dorian moved toward the northwestern Bahamas as a massive Category 5 hurricane, acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan talked about the storm's approach toward the U.S. mainland and preparations that were underway.
Evacuation orders in parts of Florida remain in effect and officials declared states of emergency in parts of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. "We've got a very experienced emergency response leadership team" https://t.co/Odl0AJxnzP pic.twitter.com/nSjrbZONNHIn June, acting FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor told lawmakers,"It has been a struggle for FEMA to make sure that we have enough disaster responders in reserve," adding that the agency was"probably short a few thousand employees.""We have 3,000 people already deployed across the federal government agencies for this storm," he said.
The president left the White House for Camp David on Friday, where he met with experts and received briefings on the storm.
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