"Irene" will approach the U.S. coast on Saturday morning. The first will be on its way North Carolina. U.S. capital a hurricane, is expected to reach on Sunday. "I have declared a state of emergency (for operational services of the city) because of the threat of hurricane" Irene "- informed the mayor on his page in the microblog. High-availability mode (state of emergency), which the media is often called a state of emergency, introduced by state or city mayors at the approach of natural disasters and worsening weather – before the rains and snowfalls. When you declare a regime police, firefighters, rescue workers, National Guard and other emergency services are transferred to the strong non-stop operation and the local authorities granted authority to expend funds of special state fund set up to prepare for natural disasters and natural disasters. The term emergency (federal state of emergency) is applied to the U.S. when it declared the president in the face of public safety, insurrection or invasion of the country. In addition to the operational services in Washington are in a heightened state of readiness of the National Guard units. Municipal Operations Centre, established in connection with the hurricane, will begin at 7:00 am on Saturday. In connection with the approach of Hurricane city officials opened four shelters for people in the city. Utilities and transport services are preparing to clean up the city from the rubble caused by the hurricane and flooding liquidation. Living in Washington, following the rescue workers and authorities are buying in stores water, essential commodities and stock up on fuel. Due to the hurricane halted rail service throughout the east coast of the United States, airlines canceled flights scheduled for next weekend. As the correspondent of RIA Novosti, currently in Washington, overcast, no rain. Gust until it feels. Forecasters predict that on Saturday in the region to begin the rains, which will be amplified by the night on Sunday. According to meteorologists, a hurricane, the second category of risk on the Saffir-Simpson scale, "Irene," which has already passed through Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas threatens to affect the entire east coast of the United States. The governors of several states have already announced on Thursday afternoon to introduce the regime of alert for emergency services. The governor of North Carolina limited ad "number one readiness" for police and rescue workers only in counties located closer to the coast.
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