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The Florida Division of Emergency Management has a website to determine whether you live in an evacuation zone and what zone it is. Go to the website and enter your address.
A man carrying a basket walks through flood waters in Saint Marks, Fla., about 30 miles south of Tallahassee, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in advance of Hurricane Helene.
An "evacuation order" sign stationed at a local beach in Fort Myers, Florida on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Storm clouds hang in the air in Fort Myers, Florida, as Hurricane Milton swiftly approaches ...
Evacuation orders have been issued for the west coast of Florida up into north Florida as Hurricane Ian nears landfall along the U.S Gulf Coast.
As the storm turned to the north, more people were evacuated as a progressively larger area was threatened. The massive storm caused what was at the time the largest peacetime evacuation ever in the United States, with an overall number of 2.6 million people evacuating coastal areas in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. [15]
However, fewer than 10% of Florida Keys residents complied with evacuation orders. No mandatory evacuations would be ordered for coastal areas of the Miami metropolitan area, though residents residing in low-lying areas and mobile homes were told to evacuate. Over 33,000 people sought refuge at a shelter in Florida.
Evacuees on Interstate 4 leaving Florida's Gulf Coast during Hurricane Irma in 2017. Hurricane evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hurricane. County judges, emergency managers and other officials may recommend a voluntary evacuation or order a mandatory evacuation.
The push to evacuate comes as the last death toll from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in Florida Sept. 26, was reported at more than 230. Florida Gov. DeSantis says 'time is running out' to ...