Hurricane Ian preparation meeting held in Durham, North Carolina with Duke Energy

Dozens of local leaders and emergency management officials will gather Tuesday at Durham City Hall to update the public ahead of Hurricane Ian's approach. Full story: https://www.wral.com/florida-resident... At Tuesday's event, officials from Durham, Orange, Lee and Chatham counties will discuss their approach to storm forecasting, hurricane response and how they are strengthening the grid against severe storms. The meeting will also focus on the significant improvements Duke Energy has made around the area to reduce outages during storms. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at 101 City Hall Plaza. Ian is expected to impact three of the six states Duke Energy serves. Jeff Brooks, a Duke Energy spokesperson, told WRAL News crews will stay local until they are positive they are not needed before deploying elsewhere to help. "We have to make sure we’re protecting our service area here," Brooks said. "We would not release crews from the Carolinas until we were certain that our areas are not going to be impacted. Our first priority is always the local community." Brooks said it's not unusual for multiple states to be impacted at once. Subscribe to WRAL:    / wral5   Follow WRAL: Facebook:   / wraltv   Twitter:   / wral   IG:   / wral   About WRAL-TV: WRAL is your Raleigh, North Carolina news source. Check out our videos for the latest news in Raleigh, local sports, Raleigh weather, and more at https://WRAL.com #localnews #northcarolina #hurricane