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— Pinellas County (@PinellasCoNews) September 26, 2022. ... The previously issued voluntary evacuation for Zone A in #CollierCounty is now a MANDATORY evacuation. The Zone A map is pictured below.
Pinellas County residents in mandatory evacuation zones must leave by 12 p.m. on Thursday, officials announced.
Damage totaled around $10 million in Duval County. [172] September 12–13, 2019 – Rip currents from Tropical Storm Humberto killed a man in St. Johns County. [173] [174] September 30, 2019 – Large swells and rip currents generated by Hurricane Lorenzo killed a man in Vero Beach. [175] [176]
Seven people were killed in St. Lucie County, [157] four in Volusia County, two in Pinellas County, and one each in Citrus, Polk, and Orange counties. [158] [159] One person was killed in Ormond Beach due a tree falling into a roof. [160] A woman in her late 70s was killed by a fallen tree branch in Hillsborough County. [158]
Pinellas officials have issued their first evacuation orders ahead of Idalia, the tropical storm swirling south of Florida that’s expected to hit the state as a powerful hurricane later this week.
Taylor County experienced high winds and high storm surge as Helene made landfall in the county. According to Taylor County sheriff Wayne Padgett, 90% of homes in Keaton Beach were destroyed. [62] Storm surge in Steinhatchee reached 9.63 feet (2.94 m). [63] Nearly 100% of the county lost power and heavy damage occurred to agriculture.
A mandatory evacuation order was issued for all Monroe County—though roughly 25% of residents stayed—and portions of 23 other counties. The large-scale evacuation strained roadways, with gridlock reported along Interstates 75, 95, and Florida's Turnpike. A total of 191,764 people sought refuge in public shelters.
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