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MIAMI — Residents in low-lying areas of Miami-Dade County are not yet under an evacuation order, although Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said they should be prepared for one with M Irma continuing to move west-northwest at about 15 miles an hour with wind speeds of up to 185 miles an hour.
About 470,000 residents live in storm surge zones A and B in Miami-Dade, where dangerous waves during a hurricane could cause fatalities.
The A zone includes Key Biscayne and coastal areas in southern Miami-Dade and north of Miami. The B zone covers Miami’s Brickell Avenue financial district, Miami Beach and other oceanfront cities.
At a late-morning briefing Wednesday, Gimenez said that the storm was slowing its pace a bit, giving authorities more time to set preparations in place. He urged those with plans to leave to go early, and encouraged tourists to shorten their vacations and leave as quickly as possible.
To the north in Broward County, several evacuation orders were issued covering barrier islands, mobile homes and areas east of Federal Highway, which includes big swaths of eastern Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Pompano Beach.
Cruise ports and airports in both counties remained open as of late afternoon on Wednesday. Port Everglades said it expects the U.S. Coast Guard to issue a 24-hour hurricane alert by noon Friday, and that the agency would time the closing of the port to marine traffic “based on the track of the storm.”
Sоurсе: travelweekly.com
