On July 6, Tropical Depression Chantal moved through North Carolina, impacting Alamance, Durham, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Orange and Person counties with severe flooding. Recovery, damage assessments, and debris removal are underway
Healthcare Ready is ENGAGED for this event. We are monitoring potential concerns for supply chain disruptions and impacts on healthcare services on our Alert Hub. As the situation is evolving, Healthcare Ready will provide updates as needed.
We anticipate this will be our final report on Tropical Depression Chantal.
Situation Overview
On July 6, Tropical Depression Chantal moved through North Carolina, impacting Alamance, Durham, Chatham, Lee, Moore, Orange and Person counties with severe flooding. Recovery, damage assessments, and debris removal are underway after up to 10 inches of rain inundated homes, closed roadways, and prompted water rescues.
Key Updates
Power
As of 2pm on July 11, according to PowerOutage.us, power has been largely restored to affected areas.
Emergency Declarations
As of July 11, multiple local states of emergency have been declared across North Carolina; however, no federal disaster declarations have been issued at this time.
Sheltering
As of July 11, the Red Cross emergency shelter at Smith Middle School, 9201 Seawell School Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, in Orange county remains open.
Access and Reentry
Roadways
As of July 11, approximately 49 roads and bridges remain closed. Updates to road closures in North Carolina can be found here.
Critical Healthcare Infrastructure
Impacts Healthcare Facilities
RxOpen is active following Tropical Depression Chantal.
As of 2pm on July 11, no major impacts to healthcare facilities have been reported. Please visit RxOpen.org for updates.
Impacts to Supply Chain
Distribution and Manufacturing
As of 2pm on July 11, no major distribution and manufacturing impacts have been reported.
About Healthcare Ready
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Healthcare Ready leverages unique relationships with government, nonprofit and medical supply chains to build and enhance the resiliency of communities before, during and after disasters.
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