{"id":9167,"date":"2026-06-02T15:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/?p=9167"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:54:25","slug":"hurricane-season-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/2026\/06\/02\/hurricane-season-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Season Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8592 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/Hurricane.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hurricane season runs from\u00a0<strong>June 1 through November 30<\/strong>, and Virginia\u2019s water utilities play a critical role in community safety and resilience. Even storms that don\u2019t make landfall in Virginia can bring heavy rainfall, flooding, power outages, and supply chain disruptions that affect water operations.<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth is entering hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30. Now is the time to prepare and review your emergency plans to ensure your utility is ready for severe weather impacts. Review the Hurricane Checklist to help stay prepared. Below is the link to the EPA Hurricane Incident Action Checklist:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/system\/files\/documents\/2021-10\/incident-action-checklist-hurricanes_508c-final.pdf\">Water Sector Utility Incident Action Checklist \u2013 Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information on hurricane season and emergency preparedness can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/emergency-preparedness-and-security\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane season runs from\u00a0June 1 through November 30, and Virginia\u2019s water utilities play a critical role in community safety and resilience. Even storms that don\u2019t make landfall in Virginia can bring heavy rainfall, flooding, power outages, and supply chain disruptions that affect water operations. The Commonwealth is entering hurricane season, which runs from June 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":646,"featured_media":8592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-topics"],"modified_by":"matthewframe","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hurricane Season Information - Drinking Water<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drinking-water\/2026\/06\/02\/hurricane-season-information\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hurricane Season Information - Drinking Water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hurricane season runs from\u00a0June 1 through November 30, and Virginia\u2019s water utilities play a critical role in community safety and resilience. 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