11. Evacuation orders were also sounded over a loudspeaker. 12. Evacuation orders were in effect throughout the Outer Banks and southern barrier islands of North Carolina by Sunday afternoon. 13. Evacuation orders were not issued for Padre Island until Saturday night. 14. Eight Panhandle counties issued voluntary evacuation orders and Franklin County has issued mandatory evacuation orders for St. George Island, Alligator Point and Dog Island. 15. Even though the island was under an evacuation order, residents were allowed to stay if they remained on their own property. 16. Federal agents moved into the Yugoslav Embassy in Washington early Wednesday to enforce an evacuation order against Belgrade diplomats. 17. For the most part, officials attributed the light death toll to quick evacuation orders, which were mostly followed. 18. Generally, those extra people left noncoastal counties adjacent to counties under evacuation orders, Baker said. 19. He also said some of his neighbors had scoffed at the evacuation order. 20. Highways heading northward were busy, as were the few businesses that remained open during mandatory evacuation orders in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties. |
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