飓风“艾萨亚斯”逼近：佐治亚州长宣布159个县全部进入紧急状态
亚特兰大——佐治亚州州长布莱恩·坎普10月8日宣布全州159个县进入紧急状态，为飓风"艾萨亚斯"可能带来的影响做准备。州长同时指示佐治亚州应急管理与国土安全局（GEMA）从10月9日周五下午起启动州应急行动中心。
坎普说："和以往应对天气事件一样，我们抱最好的希望，做最坏的准备。我敦促所有佐治亚人认真对待这场风暴，现在就做好准备。"GEMA 主任乔什·兰姆表示，风暴预计周五晚在墨西哥湾沿岸登陆，影响可能持续到周六，全州都可能出现强阵风、强降雨，并可能引发龙卷风、树木与电线倒塌、洪水等次生灾害。
根据州长办公室的消息，这项行政令允许州政府提前调配应急资源，并在必要时动员最多500名佐治亚州国民警卫队员。气象部门预计，"艾萨亚斯"将于周五夜间以飓风强度登陆，周六给佐治亚州北部带来危险天气。
信息来源：佐治亚州州长办公室、Atlanta News First
Georgia Declares Statewide Emergency as Hurricane Isaias Approaches
ATLANTA — Governor Brian P. Kemp declared a state of emergency for all 159 Georgia counties on October 8 in preparation for Hurricane Isaias. The governor also directed the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) to activate the State Operations Center beginning Friday afternoon, October 9.
"As we always do with weather events, we're hoping for the best but preparing for the worst," Kemp said. "I encourage all Georgians to take this storm seriously and prepare now." GEMA Director Josh Lamb said the storm is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast Friday evening with impacts continuing through Saturday; strong wind gusts and heavy rain statewide could bring spin-off tornadoes, downed trees and power lines, flooding and other effects.
The executive order allows the state to pre-position emergency resources and authorizes Kemp to call up as many as 500 Georgia National Guard troops if needed. Forecasters expected Isaias to make landfall Friday night as a hurricane, bringing dangerous weather to north Georgia starting Saturday.
Sources: Office of the Georgia Governor; Atlanta News First
图片来源：图：飓风卫星云图。摄影：MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC，公有领域，来源：Wikimedia Commons
