GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER IS ISSUING A DISASTER DECLARATION AHEAD OF THE SEVERE WINTER STORM.

THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WILL COORDINATE STATE RESPONSE EFFORTS FROM THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS DEPLOYING MORE THAN 18-HUNDRED TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT TO PLOW SAYS THE GOVERNOR.

ILLINOIS ADJUTANT GENERAL MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD NEELY SAYS ABOUT 130 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE AT THE READY AS WELL.

THE GOVERNOR WARNS THAT THE IMPACT OF THIS STORM WILL LINGER WITH BITTER TEMPERATURES AND ICING IN SOME AREAS AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN OTHERS.