11.   Highways heading northward were busy, as were the few businesses that remained open during mandatory evacuation orders in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties.

12.   In the Florida Keys, officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for residents of mobile homes and recreational vehicles.

13.   Late Monday, officials were on the brink of calling a mandatory evacuation in Roxborough Park.

14.   Most of the area around the speedway is under a mandatory evacuation.

15.   Most of its residents fled on Saturday night, leaving only squadrons of firefighters, fire officials and several hundred townspeople who defied the mandatory evacuation order.

16.   Most of its residents fled on Saturday night, leaving squadrons of firefighters, fire officials and several hundred obstinate townspeople who defied the mandatory evacuation order.

17.   Music and her husband, Vince, fled their mobile home when authorities issued the mandatory evacuation order.

18.   North Carolina officials urged coastal residents to evacuate but held off any mandatory evacuation.

19.   South Carolina Gov. David Beasley on Wednesday ordered a mandatory evacuation of the barrier islands, beachfront and the low-lying areas in a half-dozen coastal counties.

20.   The Indigo Lakes subdivision near the speedway is under mandatory evacuation, as is most of Ormond Beach.