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St. Johns County officials issued an evacuation order for the entire city of St. Augustine as Hurricane Ian is expected to come barreling through our area.
St. Johns, home to the city of St. Augustine, issued evacuation orders for Zones A, B and parts of F. St. Johns County issues evacuation orders for Zones A, B, and part of F effective Sept. 28 at ...
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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]
[197] [198] In St. Augustine, storm surge from the Matanzas River flooded several riverfront businesses in the historic district. [199] The city reported just over $8.2 million in damage, with about $4.5 million in damage to the municipal marina. [200] About 250 homes in St. Johns County had some degree of damage. [201]
The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.
Get the St. Augustine, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Firefighters gain ground against the Hughes Fire, but over 50,000 still under evacuation warnings.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.