The hurricane "Charlie" is approaching Florida

The tropical hurricane "Charlie" was assigned to the American state of Florida is awarded the 4th category of danger on a 5-point scale. The speed of gusts of wind "Charlie", as the weather forecasters of the National Center for Observation of Hurricanes located in Miami reported today, reaches 230 km per hour.

A state of emergency has been declared in Florida. The state authorities called on about 2 million inhabitants and tourists located in those areas that Charlie threaten to evacuate to safer places. It was, in particular, about people who are at the southern tip of the state, where a chain of islands connected by bridges stretched for almost 160 km.

According to meteorologists, later today the hurricane will be most strongly felt a little south of the densely populated area of ​​the Tampa Bay Bay and the city of Tampa on the western coast of Florida.

The metropolitan headquarters of the US Federal Emergency Situal Agency (Fema) coordinates the preparation for the elimination of the consequences of a hurricane and to assist people with the authorities of three states-Florida, Texas and South Carolina, ITAR-TASS reports.

According to the official representative of the Barbara Ellis department, in settlements located in the path of Charlie, Fema employees create reserves of drinking water and food, blankets, portable beds, sleeping bags, hygiene and building materials.

According to Ellis, in preparation for the reflection of the blows of the Fema elements, he collaborates with the US Ministry of Transport, the engineering corps of the army, the Ministry of Health, the Pentagon, as well as the Red Cross.