Pinellas County urging residents in mandatory evacuation zone to get out by Thursday morning
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Officials in Pinellas County say residents in Zone A or in a mobile home anywhere in the county should be evacuated before Thursday morning. They’re in mandatory evacuation zones. County leaders said they’re expecting an unprecedented storm surge. During Idalia last year, the county saw four feet of storm surge with more than 1,500 homes were flooded. Now, they’re bracing for five to eight feet of storm surge with Helene.