Cape News

Lee County officials urged those in evacuation zones to get going Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Milton as the evacuation order which takes effect at 10 p.m. tonight for those in the low-lying areas of zones A and B. During a press conference Tuesday afternoon, officials said Milton was still on track to land as a Category 4 hurricane and bring as much as 10 feet of storm surge to the county. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 12 feet to low-lying coastal communities. Areas further north of Lee County between Sarasota County and Tampa could see as much as 15 feet of storm surge, according to the National Weather Service. “Our storm surge (model) has held steady for ...