Flagler County Issues Some Mandatory Evacuations For Nursing Home Residents

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Flagler County, FL - Flagler County has ordered a mandatory evacuation of residents living in nursing homes, all varieties of assisted living facilities, and community residential group homes within coastal and Intracoastal areas. The mandatory evacuation went into effect at 2 PM Thursday. Evacuation Zones A, B, C and F (NOT Palm Coast alphabet sections) must leave the area ahead of Hurricane Irma. Again, at this time, the mandatory evacuation only includes residents of the following: nursing homes, elder care facilities, other elder care facilities, community residential group homes, all non-elder health care facilities and community residential group homes.
  • Evacuation Zone A: includes everything east of the Intracoastal including Marineland, Hammock, Flagler Beach along A1A.
  • Evacuation Zone B: includes the neighborhoods along Colbert Lane to the south, all of the C section and the F section east of Florida Park Drive and the F section east of Palm Harbor Parkway. This zone also includes the area east of Old Kings Road, south of State Road 100 including Bulow and its adjacent neighborhood, Grand Haven and western Flagler Beach.
  • Evacuation Zone C: is the Woodlands area of Palm Coast.
  • Evacuation Zone F: is in western Flagler County and includes areas near Dead Lake – St. Johns Park and the Haw Creek basin – as the St. Johns River, which feeds Dead Lake is tidal.
Check for current information on Flagler County’s website www.flaglercounty.org. The county’s social media team will provide updates through these official accounts:
  • Facebook.com/FlaglerCountyGovernment
  • Facebook.com/FlaglerEOC
  • Twitter.com/FlaglerCtyGov
  • Twitter.com/FlaglerEM