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When a hurricane makes landfall it can cause flooding,
severe winds and many other problems. These problems
are most intense in the areas immediately adjacent
to the coastline and areas of low elevation. For the
most severe storms, people in those areas need to
evacuate to inland areas. The map above shows the
hurricane evacuation plan for the State of Louisiana.
People who live in the red areas are the first to
evacuate. Their area will be hit first by the storm
and the effects there will normally be most severe.
In this phased evacuation plan, emergency traffic
management will begin in the red area 50 hours before
the predicted onset of tropical storm winds. Emergency
traffic management will begin in the orange areas
40 hours before the predicted onset, and in the yellow
areas 30 hours before onset. During emergency traffic
management, all lanes of the emergency evacuation
routes will be used to move traffic inland. These
hurricane emergency evacuation routes are clearly
shown on the map.
The map was produced and distributed by the Louisiana
State Police, Louisiana State Deparment of Transportation,
the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and
the American Red Cross.
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