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Anticipating traffic jams and possible fuel shortages and telecommunication outages, Jim Bradley, the chair of the regional government, invoked the emergency measure on Friday, more than a week before the event.

Officials expect hundreds of thousands of visitors to flock to the region to catch a glimpse of the rare celestial event.

Jim Diodati, the mayor of Niagara Falls, said the most visitors the city has seen in a single day is around 150,000, when American acrobat Nik Wallenda tight-rope walked across the waterfall in 2012.

The regional government, which includes Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Welland and a number of smaller cities, has asked the province’s helicopter ambulance service to be on alert.

She said that emergency-response professionals are increasingly emphasizing risk management and prevention, in an environment where policing, ambulance and fire services are stretched thin.

While Niagara’s declaration of emergency has highlighted risks ahead of April 8, Mr. Diodati said the event is also a tremendous opportunity for the tourism region, which is still recovering from the pandemic.

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