The state's emergency management director has been tapped to head FEMA.
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• 2009 Accu-Weather HD Weather Handbook
• American Red Cross - Tampa Bay Chapter
• Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
• Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
• Pasco County Sheriff's Office
• Polk County Sheriff's Office
• Hernando County Sheriff's Office
• Manatee County Sheriff's Office
• Sarasota County Sheriff's Office
• Hardee County Sheriff's Office
• Highlands County Sheriff's Office
According to the National Hurricane Center, hurricanes can also produce tornadoes that add to the storm's destructive power. Tornadoes are most likely to occur in the right-front quadrant of the hurricane. However, they are also often found elsewhere embedded in the rainbands, well away from the center of the hurricane.
