City of Fort Lauderdale - Hurricane Preparedness - During a Hurricane Warning
City of Fort Lauderdale - Hurricane Preparedness
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Hurricane Emergency Checklists

During a Hurricane Warning

A Hurricane Warning is issued when hurricane conditions - sustained winds of 74 mph or greater - are expected within 24 hours.

Hurricane ChecklistContinue monitoring local media for storm updates.

Hurricane Checklist Complete preparation activities.

Hurricane Checklist Turn off utilities if told to do so by authorities.

Hurricane Checklist Close all interior doors. Secure and brace external doors.

Hurricane Checklist If you evacuate, leave early, take your emergency supplies and pets. Avoid roads that are closed, blocked or flooded.

Hurricane Checklist Tell someone outside of the storm area where you are going.

Hurricane Checklist If you are ordered to evacuate and do not, you risk being cut off from police, fire and emergency medical services for an extended period of time.

Hurricane Checklist Mobile home residents and those with special needs should always evacuate.

Hurricane Checklist If you shelter-in-place, take family members, pets and emergency supplies into your safe room and remain there until local authorities tell you it is safe to come out.

Hurricane Checklist Use battery-powered flashlights. Do not use candles or other open flames as light sources.

Hurricane Checklist Do not go outside in the calm of the hurricane “eye;”  the storm is not over.  Intense winds will return from the opposite direction.