In Santa Rosa County, emergency management officials have issued the following information:

• As a precautionary measure, a voluntary evacuation of campers, mobile homes and Navarre Beach was issued at 11 a.m. Sunday morning.

INFO

• The citizen information line is activated until further notice. The number is 983- INFO/4636 or (800) 225-7421. Call volume has been high throughout the day.

ROADS AND DAMAGE

• Emergency management staff will monitor river levels, but no flooding is expected.
• Standing water on Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach near South Carolina Street has been reported.
• The eastern section of Madura Road in Tiger Point and the adjacent cul-de-sacs. The stormwater lift station has been turned off until the storm surge subsides.
• Minor damage was reported from a possible tornado on Ceylon Drive in Midway.
• A family needed assistance leaving their home on Andrew Jackson Drive in Floridatown due to storm surge.
• Minor beach erosion has been reported at Navarre Beach.

SHELTER

• At the Red Cross shelter at the Milton Community Center, 5629 Byrom St., there were 110 people, including nine staffers, 60 Santa Rosa residents and 34 evacuees.
• As of Sunday night, 36 rooms of 576 hotel rooms in Santa Rosa are estimated to be unoccupied. Evacuees represent an estimated 95 percent of that occupancy.
• Evacuees seeking accommodations can visit www.floridabeachestorivers.com

FIND AN EVACUEE

• FEMA –Hurricane Gustav Evacuee Locator Service; call (800) 588-9822 or visit www.fema.gov.

POWER:

• Escambia River Electric Cooperative, Inc. is experiencing very few scattered outages in northern Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida. Crews have been able to quickly restore the isolated outages. EREC will continue to monitor the storm closely and respond accordingly

City of Gulf Breeze

• The City of Gulf Breeze has established an e-mail list to provide community and emergency information to residents.
  
  
  • Sign up at the City’s website: www.cityofgulfbreeze.com and follow the link under “Emails from the City” on the front page.

Official County Storm Information: www.santarosa.fl.gov

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