Shelters are open at the following schools: Manatee County Transit will operate Tuesday, as long as they can, for trasnportation to shelters. Trasnport from the islands will be at the top of the hour, until nightfall. Residents can be picked up from the CVS located at 611 Manatee Avenue, Holmes Beach.

Manatee County residents living in storm-surge vulnerable areas or in homes that could easily be damaged by high winds are under mandatory evacuation.

Manatee County officials have ordered mandatory evacuations for residents who live in levels A and B, mobile homes and RVs ahead of Hurricane Milton, which is forecast to slam Florida’s Gulf Coast as a major storm.