Here’s what Volusia County officials recommend bringing to a shelter: Volusia County spokeswoman Joanne Magley told the Daytona Beach News-Journal late Wednesday that the county is “coordinating that announcement based on the location and intensity of the storm along with the determination when the shelters will open.” Once the information is available, this post will be updated.
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The Volusia County School Board and Votran also provide free public transportation to shelters, with pick-ups at all regular Votran stops. For directions to shelters, you can call the Volusia County School Board at (386) 226-7852 or (386) 943-7626. The specific locations for shelters in Volusia County have not been released, but the county website notes that it has 33 locations which will open under particular storm conditions.
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Sandbags are available for free at the Public Works facility at 950 Bellevue Avenue and in the parking lot on the SE corner of Orange & Jean. The EOC (Emergency Operations Center) will open at 8 a.m. The City of Daytona Beach will have city offices open on Friday, September 8. NOAA/NHCThe National Hurricane Center’s 11:00 a.m. In addition to the map below, you can click here to enter your address to find which evacuation zone you are in. A county-wide curfew also begins at 4 p.m. The most up to date list of shelters can be found at. Shelters did not open until Saturday morning. Officials wanted residents to be at their destination by Saturday 8 p.m. Volusia County ordered mandatory evacuations for residents on the beachside, in low-lying areas, manufactured homes, mobile homes and RVs.
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Thankfully for Volusia, the storm is now moving farther west, but that isn’t good for west coast residents. Volusia County schools will be closed on Monday. It is important for residents to be familiar with the evacuation zones and routes, and shelters. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations were ordered for some parts of Volusia County. A truck drives through a flooded Daytona Beach street during Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.īefore Hurricane Irma hit Southwest Florida, Daytona Beach and Volusia County officials told residents to prepare for the worst.