Volusia County’s Emergency Operations Center is getting a $5 million, 4,500-square-foot expansion. The county said the current facility on Tiger Bay Road in Daytona Beach needs more space to handle major storms.

Volusia’s Emergency Operations Center is where the 911 dispatch center is and where the county’s emergency crews turn when there’s a major storm or disaster for planning and shelter.

As coastal Citrus County residents rushed to safeguard their homes from the looming threat of a massive storm surge, they spent anxious hours waiting inside, fearful of the impending hurricane.

As Hurricane Helene moves toward Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning that the capital city is under particular threat, and that threat could be especially existential for the government’s nerve center during the potentially catastrophic “main event” of the storm’s impact.

The Alachua County Emergency Operations Center is staffed around the clock during major events such as hurricanes.

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