Drew DixonOctober 9, 2024
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The sparsely populated North Florida county updated guidance Wednesday morning.
Tag: mandatory evacuation
Drew DixonOctober 9, 2024Drew DixonOctober 8, 2024
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St. Johns County orders mandatory evacuation and establishes public shelters ahead of Hurricane Milton.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 7, 2024
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6 shelters are open, including those for people with special needs or with pets.
Ryan NicolSeptember 1, 2019
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Those orders cover the site of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
Gary FineoutSeptember 7, 2017
6min238
Residents in parts of the Miami metro area are under mandatory orders to leave their homes Thursday morning as Hurricane Irma barrels toward the region with potentially catastrophic winds. During several media appearances Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott strongly urged people to evacuate if asked to do so by local officials. The governor waived tolls […]
Associated PressOctober 6, 2016
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Forecasters say the first outer rain bands from Hurricane Matthew already have begun to approach Florida as the big storm crosses the Bahamas toward the state. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Matthew is still a Category 3 hurricane as of 8 a.m. Thursday, packing top sustained winds up to 125 mph. It’s […]
Associated PressOctober 5, 2016
9min213
Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas and at least a half a million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes Wednesday, a mass exodus ahead of a major storm packing power the U.S. hasn’t seen in more than a decade. Matthew was a dangerous and life-threatening Category 3 storm […]
Associated PressOctober 5, 2016
1min219
Florida Gov. Rick Scott says the state could be facing its “biggest evacuation ever” because Hurricane Matthew is threatening almost the entire Atlantic coast of Florida. Scott said Wednesday he didn’t know how many people would be ordered to evacuate because it is left up to the counties, but he says every county along the […]