More than a dozen counties on Florida's west coast are at least in part under mandatory evacuation orders, including Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota, St. Johns and Volusia. Voluntary orders have...
— from Pinellas County, which includes St. Petersburg, north and west along the coast to Gulf and Franklin counties, which are east of Panama City. Some counties, like Hernando County, north of Tampa, and Volusia County on the East Coast, are under voluntary evacuation orders as of Tuesday...
Personnel from the South Pasadena Fire Department and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office have been responding to emergency calls as much as possible. While conducting water rescue efforts, they came across a residence on fire and large objects including dumpsters moving through floodwaters. Cre...
Rising floodwaters prompt new evacuation orders in Hernando, Pasco counties Authorities in Hernando and Pasco counties on Florida’s west coast are urging some residents to evacuate immediately due to rising floodwaters. "Pasco County is experiencing historical flooding in low-lying areas and in sever...
Each of the facilities is within two miles of the coast, and they were in zones for which local officials had issued evacuation orders more than 24 hours before Ian made landfall, county and state records show. The day before the storm came ashore, officials at Fawcett...
They also asked residents who followed evacuation orders to have patience when it’s time to return home. They noted that there will likely be many impassable roads, downed trees and power lines. Taylor County has a population of about 22,000. ...
We used the principles of the theory of bounded rationality to formulate research questions for understanding decision-making during uncertain times (i.e., hurricane evacuation orders). We then conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with county emergency managers in Florida to understand how this ...
The county has issued a mandatory evacuation order, but one resident, Christine Nazworth from Crawfordville, which is located about 25 miles (40km) from Apalachee Bay, said her family would be sheltering in place. She said: "I'm prayed up. Lord have mercy on us. And e...
Once there, forecasters warned the storm could bring eight to 12ft (2.4-3.6m) storm surges, leading to further possible evacuation orders being issued along the Gulf Coast. Image:The projected route of Hurricane Milton A stream of vehicles headed north on Interstate 75, the main ...
The wildfires had forced residents of at least 600 homes in the Florida Panhandle to evacuate, but that figure was expected to grow as new neighborhoods were placed under evacuation orders throughout the day. Two houses had already been destroyed, with 12 others damaged. ...