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UPDATE: The mandatory evacuation order for Sandbridge has been lifted.
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A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for residents in the Sandbridge area, according to Virginia Beach City leaders. They made the announcement while giving an update on Hurricane Dorian Thursday afternoon.
The mandatory evacuation begins at 6 p.m. before the brunt of Dorian makes its way to the Virginia coast.
There’s also a voluntary evacuation for Zone A and those living in low-lying areas.
Jim Leek said even though his family was on vacation, they thought it was best to heed the evacuation warning.
"You can't fight mother nature. We heard there might be four foot of water on the road here so we didn’t want to chance it," said Leek. Another vacationer, Ray Deyarmin said that his family will leave depending on how much worse conditions become.
“If worse comes to worse, if they say its mandatory to get out of here, we’re not going to question it," said Deyarmin. Local Bridget McNabb said that supplies are what gets her family through.
“We’ve never left in an evacuation. We have flooding often but we stay. Just have your flashlight and candles and things charged to entertain your kids and we have a generator," said McNabb.
The storm is heading toward our region, Hampton Roads, northeastern North Carolina, and the Eastern Shore can expect impacts in the form of storm surge, high winds, as well as coastal and inland flooding.
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from Edisto Beach, S.C. to Poquoson, Virginia including Pamlico and Albermarle Sounds, the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers, and Hampton Roads.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Hampton Roads all the way up to Chincoteague and a Storm Surge Warning has also been issued for Hampton Roads all the way up to Poquoson.
However, Hampton Roads, the Outer Banks and the Eastern Shore won't start to see impacts from the storm until Thursday into Friday.
