BEMA prepares for Atlantic hurricane season
BEMA prepares for Atlantic hurricane season By Kristen Rary | May 19, 2021 at 4:44 PM EDT - Updated May 19 at 6:14 PM
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - Hurricane season is just around the corner and preparations are underway.
When a hurricane hits the Lowcountry Beaufort Emergency Management Agency becomes the main information source for what residents need to know to stay safe.
Beaufort County is no stranger to hurricanes.
“They need to have a personal plan. What will I do if there’s emergency or this emergency or this emergency arrives,” said Colonel Neil Baxley, Beaufort County Emergency Management Director.
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NC has had a total 592,746 confirmed cases, with 7,213 deaths. Our state currently has 98,443 active cases and 3,960 hospitalizations.
Beaufort County has had a total of 3,103 cases, with 789 currently active, 15 of which are hospitalized.
All active cases are self-isolating.
Eastern NC counties with total confirmed cases include: Bertie, (1,296), Beaufort (3,103), Bladen (2,009), Brunswick (4,926), Carteret (3,024), Camden (334), Chowan (893), Columbus (4,023), Craven (5,630), Currituck (750), Dare (1,212), Duplin (4,489), Edgecombe (3,405), Gates (394), Greene (1,612), Halifax (3,206), Hertford (1,475), Hyde (413), Jones (448), Lenoir (3,608), Martin (1,545), New Hanover (10,384), Northampton (1,143), Onslow (9,816), Pamlico (576), Pasquotank (1,985), Pender (3,074), Perquimans (598), Pitt (12,584) Sampson (5,218), Tyrrell (191), Washington (529), Wayne (7,867) and Wilson (6,034). Mecklenburg (68,155), Wake (48,45