Among the 11 confirmed deaths in Florida were nine people who drowned in their homes in a mandatory evacuation area on the Gulf Coast in Pinellas County, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said. None of the victims were from Taylor County, which is where the storm made landfall. ...
On Sunday, Pinellas County – located on the west central Florida coast and including Clearwater and St. Petersburg –issued mandatory evacuation ordersfor long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities and hospitals in three evacuation zones. The order affects six hospita...
As of Tuesday, there isa mandatory evacuation orderfor much of the Gulf Coast from Tampa Bay northwards — 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, no...
Teri Hornstein in Tampa reports huge piles of debris from Hurricane Helene could pose a serious problem when Hurricane Milton hits.
On Tuesday, several counties issued mandatory evacuations for their residents and additional evacuation orders are coming in for other areas along Florida's Big Bend region. A full list can be found here. This image shows Florida residents filling sandbags ahead of likely Hurricane Helene in the...
Sheriff Wayne Padgett said the county - home to 20,000 people - would be "in the dead centre" of the storm and despite mandatory evacuations being ordered, up to half of residents were choosing to stay put. According to our US partner network NBC...
Jared Miller, sheriff of Wakulla County, went further - calling the storm "not a survivable event for those in coastal or low-lying areas". The county has issued a mandatory evacuation order, but one resident, Christine Nazworth from Crawfordville, which is located about 25 ...
Now Crowder-Gulf will be removing additional sand from the right of way and returning the clean screened sand back on northern Sanibel beaches to restore critically eroded areas adjacent to the road protection wall. That work has begun and is expected to take about a week, but no lane ...
As of Tuesday morning, mandatory evacuation orders had been announced for Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties. The areas include parts of Tampa, the largest city in the announced counties, and other highly-populated coastal locations. ...
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office in Florida's Big Bend asked residents who chose not to heed mandatory evacuation warnings for Hurricane Helene to write their name and other identifying information in permanent marker on their arms or legs. "Phase 2 of the storm will be this evening when ...