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- Lee County officials say they waited to issue the evacuation order until changes in the storm’s forecast direction put the county in Ian’s direct path the day before landfall.
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Oct 3, 2022 · On Tuesday, just one day before Ian hit, Lee County ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in its flood-prone areas. All evacuation orders are made at the county level in Florida, and while...
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Oct 14, 2022 · But in Lee County, officials decided to wait until the following morning to order people to leave, citing uncertainty about Ian’s track. By then, it may have been too late for some of...
Oct 8, 2022 · Many are looking at a decision by officials in Lee County to delay ordering a mandatory evacuation until Tuesday, September 27, the day before the hurricane made landfall. That was more...
Oct 3, 2022 · Officials in Lee County, Fla., issued mandatory evacuation orders only one day before Hurricane Ian hit land despite days of warnings beforehand. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: So did...
Oct 3, 2022 · (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Officials in hardest-hit Lee County, Florida, are facing mounting questions about why the first mandatory evacuations weren't ordered until a day before Hurricane...
Oct 4, 2022 · New York CNN Business —. Journalists are pressing elected leaders in Florida on whether Lee County’s evacuation order came too late. In the wake of Hurricane Ian’s catastrophic landfall...
Oct 3, 2022 · Last Sunday — three days before the storm landed on the peninsula — the National Hurricane Center predicted that Ian could bring a storm surge of 4 to 7 feet from Englewood to Bonita Beach...
