{"id":8233,"date":"2025-07-25T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:44:16","slug":"hurricane-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/2025\/07\/25\/hurricane-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Season Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8592 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Hurricane season runs from\u00a0<b>June 1 through November 30<\/b>, and Virginia\u2019s water utilities play a critical role in community safety and resilience. Even storms that don\u2019t make landfall in Virginia can bring heavy rainfall, flooding, power outages, and supply chain disruptions that affect water operations.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p>Now is the time for all waterworks to review and update emergency plans, confirm staffing and communication procedures, and ensure that backup power systems and chemical supplies are ready.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More information on hurricane season and emergency preparedness can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/emergency-preparedness-and-security\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane season runs from\u00a0June 1 through November 30, and Virginia\u2019s water utilities play a critical role in community safety and resilience. Even storms that don\u2019t make landfall in Virginia can bring heavy rainfall, flooding, power outages, and supply chain disruptions that affect water operations. Now is the time for all waterworks to review and update [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":646,"featured_media":8592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-topics","post_format-post-format-link"],"modified_by":"matthewframe","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hurricane Season Preparedness - Drinking Water<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/2025\/07\/25\/hurricane-preparedness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hurricane Season Preparedness - Drinking Water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hurricane season runs from\u00a0June 1 through November 30, and Virginia\u2019s water utilities play a critical role in community safety and resilience. 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