Gov. Nathan Deal has expanded the State of Emergency on Wednesday, adding 17 additional counties, bringing the total to 30 counties under a State of Emergency ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.
The governors of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina have all issued mandatory evacuations.
Gov. Nathan Deal issues a mandatory evacuation east of Interstate 95 for six coastal counties.
Gov. Rick Scott is warning Florida residents living in evacuation zones to “get out.”
The new counties under a state of emergency are Screven, Jenkins, Emanuel, Truetlen, Candler, Toombs, Jeff Davis, Appling, Coffee, Bacon, Pierce, Ware, Atkinson, Clinch, Burke and Echols.
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.@GovernorDeal orders MANDATORY evacuation of ALL coastal areas EAST of I-95. Now is the time to get your family to safety #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/ZCY9Hxkere
— Georgia EM&HS (@GeorgiaEMA) October 6, 2016
“There are no excuses. You need to leave. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday morning. “Unfortunately, this is going to kill people. Time is running out.”
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