{"id":253342,"date":"2026-05-01T02:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253342\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T02:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:20:59","slug":"hillsborough-county-adjusts-hurricane-evacuation-zones-heres-who-can-expect-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253342\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough County adjusts hurricane evacuation zones: Here’s who can expect changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hillsborough Hillsborough County evacuation zone changes<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ahead of this year\u2019s hurricane season, Hillsborough County residents need to check the county\u2019s updated evacuation zone maps online. Officials said these adjustments were made after lessons learned from the 2024 hurricane season.\u00a0 FOX 13’s Ariel Plasencia reports.<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. – Ahead of this year\u2019s hurricane season, Hillsborough County<\/a> residents need to check the county\u2019s updated evacuation zone maps online. \u00a0Officials said these adjustments were made after lessons learned from the 2024 hurricane season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Courtesy: Hillsborough County <\/p>\n

“Evacuation zones are very much based on storm surge, but we, of course, saw a lot of inland flooding, that riverine flooding,” said Katja Miller, operations section chief for Hillsborough County’s office of emergency management. “So, we take a lot of that into account when we’re talking about evacuation orders or things of that nature.”<\/p>\n

Some of the most noticeable changes are in Zones A and E.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zone A expands further inland <\/p>\n

Zone A is typically the first evacuation zone to be called: It\u2019s represented in red on the county\u2019s map and includes the coastline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year, that red zone is pushing further inland in places like Apollo Beach and Town \u2018n\u2019 Country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Hillsborough County <\/p>\n

“We’re going to see a bit of expansion along, really the entire coastline, even inland along the Alafia River with expansion of Zone A evacuation, which, remember, also includes mobile and manufactured homes in Hillsborough County,” Miller added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zone E adds new areas <\/p>\n

Zone E \u2013 which is typically the last zone to be evacuated \u2013 now includes neighborhoods that weren\u2019t previously in any evacuation zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That includes the following examples, which are now in Zone E (represented in purple):\u00a0<\/p>\n

Areas just north and south of Tampa Executive AirportSections of New TampaInland portions of Apollo Beach, south of Big Bend Road. <\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/p>\n

To check your evacuation zone in Hillsborough County, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story comes from Hillsborough County and an interview with the operations section chief for Hillsborough County’s office of emergency management<\/p>\n

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