“To ensure public safety and keep people off the streets, many of which are impassable due to downed trees, power lines and flooding, Mayor Barbara Volk has expanded the City of Hendersonville’s state of emergency to include a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m in the morning. We appreciate the community’s cooperation in restoring essential services to the city,” the release said.

The curfew limits and prevents the “presence and movement of people in public places and is intended to restrict and prevent the presence and movement of all persons on and around all public and private streets and public vehicular areas,” the statement said.

Exceptions apply to law enforcement, firefighters, municipal personnel responding to emergency management, utility personnel, emergency medical personnel, personnel employed at a medical facility such as a hospital or emergency room, and people traveling to and from work. according to the press release.