In Sarasota and Manatee counties, emergency operations managers are calling on residents to act now — before storms strike.

When a storm is approaching, most evacuation orders are issued for areas where storm surge is a threat or for those near a ...

Speakers from Sarasota County, the Florida Division ... understand their property building codes and evacuation zones, and follow other hurricane preparedness best practices.

These updates shrunk the total evacuation area by about 250 square miles. It was the first widespread update of the map in about a decade. Zones ... in Beaufort County during a hurricane of ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ... Zoom in on the map to see a coastal flood hazard composite showing zones 1 to 11. Do you live in a Florida evacuation zone? Here's how to find out now ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs ... house is not part of an evacuation zone, you could consider sheltering in place. In Sarasota County, the evacuation levels are divided from A-E, with A ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane ... evacuation zone, you could consider sheltering in place. Hernando County is divided between evacuation zones A-E, with A being considered the most vulnerable and likely ...

8:45 p.m. Wednesday: The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Milton has made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane near Siesta Key, which is in Sarasota County on the southwest Florida ...

The storm made landfall at about 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time near Siesta Key in Sarasota County ... "for the largest evacuation that we have seen, most likely since 2017, Hurricane Irma." ...

The storm made landfall at about 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time near Siesta Key in Sarasota County, the National Hurricane Center ... evacuate" if you're in an evacuation zone, said Kevin Guthrie ...

Many residents have already evacuated from zones ... maps, Orlando is in the path of Hurricane Milton. However, as Orlando is located in Orange County, it is not under mandatory evacuation orders.