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Clergy Offered Emergency Preparedness Training In Fairfield County's Largest City Clergy Offered Emergency Preparedness Training In Fairfield County's Largest City
Clergy Offered Emergency Preparedness Training In Fairfield County's Largest City Communities everywhere look to their houses of worship in times of disaster. Days after Hurricane Michael hit Florida's pan handle in October 2018, trained emergency volunteers from the statewide Florida Baptist Disaster Relief and Recovery Ministries partnered with churches in the affected communities to help recovery efforts. Connecticut religious groups plan to be ready for the unexpected, too. Clergy in Bridgeport, the largest city in Fairfield County with a population of  145,000, plan to lead the way. Bridgeport’s religious leaders will have a chance to receive emergency trainin…

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by Donna Christopher
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Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast
Monster Storm Strengthens: Life-Threatening Hurricane Closes In On East Coast Click here for an updated story: Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast More than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate along 300 miles of coastline from the Carolinas to Virginia as a monster and strengthening Category 4 storm is poised to become the first hurricane of the season to make landfall on the United States. Hurricane Florence is churning 800 miles off the coast with sustained winds 140 mile per hour winds early Tuesday event. It is now projected to make landfall in North Carolina in the Wilmington/Myrtle Beach area between …

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by Joe Lombardi