Floridians who didn't evacuate hurricane should write info on leg: Sheriff

(The Hill) — The Taylor County Sheriff's Office asked residents who did not evacuate to constitute interaction accusation connected their arms oregon legs for recognition purposes to assistance with rescue and betterment efforts, pursuing Hurricane Helene's landfall Thursday night.

"If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize chose not to evacuate, PLEASE constitute your, Name, day and important accusation connected your limb oregon limb successful A PERMANENT MARKER truthful that you tin beryllium identified and household notified," the sheriff's bureau wrote successful a post on Facebook.

Officials requested that radical supply accusation astir whether their residence is inland oregon connected the coast, their afloat address, and the names of individuals and animals truthful that hunt and rescue teams tin prioritize definite locations.

Although mandatory evacuations were ordered for the area, NBC reported that Sheriff Wayne Padgett said helium estimated up to fractional of the colonisation was staying.

Damage is predicted to comparison to the Asheville floods of 1916, which killed astatine slightest 80 radical and caused millions of dollars successful damage, and to transcend different utmost upwind events successful the portion specified arsenic Tropical Storm Fred successful 2021, the upwind work said.