Manatee County opens emergency evacuation shelters ahead of Milton. Here’s the list
Manatee County officials have opened several shelters ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall as a devastating storm.
Residents in levels A, B and C and those living in mobile homes and recreational vehicles are under mandatory evacuation orders. To find your evacuation zone, visit www.MyManatee.org/storm.
“This is a serious storm,” Jodie Fiske, the county’s public safety manager, said in a statement. “We need folks to take these evacuation orders seriously and get out of harm’s way.”
As of 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, roughly 10,000 people were staying at shelters, school district officials said. In a social media post, county officials said there was still “plenty of space” at each shelter.
Here’s which shelters are open.
- Virgil Mills Elementary School, 7200 69th St. E., Palmetto
- Buffalo Creek Middle School, 7320 69th St. E., Palmetto
- Jessie P. Miller Elementary School, 601 43rd St. W., Bradenton
- Myakka Elementary School, 37205 Manatee Ave., Myakka City
- W.D. Sugg Middle School, 5602 38th Ave. W., Bradenton
- Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School, 8610 115th Ave. E., Parrish
- B.D. Gullett Elementary School, 12125 44th Ave. E., Bradenton
- Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School, 6325 Lorraine Road, Lakewood Ranch
- Dr. Mona Jain Middle School, 12205 44th Ave. E, Bradenton
- Robert H. Prine Elementary, 3801 Southern Parkway W., Bradenton
Electa Lee Magnet Middle School, 4000 53rd Ave. W., Bradenton
Freedom Elementary School, 9515 S.R. 64, Bradenton
Robert Willis Elementary School, 14705 The Masters Ave., Lakewood Ranch
Annie Lucy Williams Elementary School, 3404 Fort Hamer Road, Parrish
Gene Witt Elementary School, 200 Rye Road E., Bradenton
Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School, 515 63rd Ave. E., Bradenton
Residents can register for transportation to a special needs shelter at MyManatee.org/needs.
The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center has Milton making landfall around 1 a.m. Thursday morning as a Category 3 hurricane, meteorologists say.
This story was originally published October 8, 2024 at 12:11 PM.