The mayor of Niagara Falls says two things stood in the way of the expected one million people gathering in the city to watch the eclipse Monday: bad weather and a state of emergency declared by the region.
gathering in the city to watch the eclipse Monday: bad weather and a state of emergency declared by the region.
However, Diodati said the move “really hampered attendance” in a city that is in need of tourists four years after the COVID-19 pandemic. “Obviously, having more hands on deck is better, we were clearly over prepared. And I'd rather be overprepared than underprepared, but we were definitely going to be in a good place without the state of emergency.”
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