Officials have ordered all tourists to leave as well as all RVs. Mandatory evacuations also are in place for residents in Highland View, Wind Mark, St. Joe Beach, Beacon Hill to the county line and for the City of Port St. Joe for everyone from St. Joseph Bay to North Garrison Avenue and everyone from the bay to Garrison Avenue.

Helene, now a tropical storm, is battering Georgia and Florida after making landfall overnight as a Category 4 hurricane. Officials say at least three people have died in the storm and more than three million are without power.