Local Emergency Managers Practice Catastrophic Hurricane Response

Local Emergency Managers Practice Catastrophic Hurricane Response

OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Department of Emergency Management hosted a multi-state tabletop exercise May 27 focused on evacuation coordination for a major hurricane striking the Delmarva Peninsula. Local emergency managers from Southern Maryland counties participated alongside officials from Delaware, Virginia and the Baltimore region. The scenario simulated a Category 3 hurricane making direct landfall on the peninsula — an unlikely but useful e…