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Pinellas County residents in mandatory evacuation zones must leave by 12 p.m. on Thursday, officials announced.
— 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.
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]
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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]
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.
The county announced it would lift evacuation orders — issued earlier this week for residents in zones A, B and C, and for mobile and manufactured homes — effective 9 a.m. Thursday.
In Citrus County, over 100 people and 50 pets were rescued after ten feet of storm surge hit the area. [76] In addition, rainfall totals in the county peaked at 2.66 in (68 mm) in Homosassa. [77] Despite not directly affecting Volusia County, gale-force gusts downed several trees, with a peak of 53 mph (85 km/h) in the county. More than 9,000 ...