Evacuation Zones: How to Find Yours
The most important thing to know before a storm is whether you're in an evacuation zone — and they're based on storm-surge risk, not wind. Here's what the zones mean, why officials call them by zone (not by category), and exactly how to find yours before you need it.
If a storm threatens, the single most important thing you can know in advance is whether you're in an evacuation zone — and which one. Looking it up before the season, not during a warning, is what makes an orderly evacuation possible. What an evacuation zone actually is Evacuation zones are set by your local and county emergency-management officials, and they're based mostly on storm-surge risk — where rising water is expected to reach — not on wind. That's why the zones hug the coast, bays, and low-lying inland waterways. They're usually labeled by letter (A, B, C…) or by level, with the mo…
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