to evacuate, they may be in a high-rise building and may have a disability, a frailty or other health issues. for those reasons they may not be able to evacuate. we want those cities to know where those individuals live and post-landfall, they can go and check up on these individuals. i might also mention that today we past two days we have been focused on a phase region evacuation within south florida, starting with monroe county, down south. and as this evening, miami dade issued their evacuation and broward county again will be initiating or mandatory evacuations tomorrow on thursday. okay. thank you, mlg. we appreciate your time. good luck to you. up to 37 million people could be affected by hurricane
filling up everything, their cars, gas cans getting ready for storm. we ve been at this place most of the day, they ve delivered tens of thousands of gallons today. look at the lines, it s almost 10:30 at night the giant line. it s gotten much better. if you come around this way, this is u.s. 1, this is the main route from the keys that s already under evacuation where traffic has been steady all day. but given the concern that people have, the uncertainty of this storm and the strength of there storm, traffic going this way is going to get much worse in the hours and days ahead. four shelters already open in mime, dade. they started taking people tonight. the number there is are likely to grow. don. be safe we ll check back with you as well. joining me now on the phone is roman guest, the administrator
millions more are hunkering down. nbc s kerry sanders is in sunny isles, a place where the well-known trump tower property located on a barrier island just north of miami. we know gas and supplies are running low, but how are people there coping? reporter: let me give you an idea of how low fas is. you can see here, no gas. station after station like this. gas buddy is reporting in south florida, that is monroe, dade, and broward countys, the greater miami area, that only 38% of reporting stations have gasoline. and all you have to do is to find one is drive in your car and if you see a long line, that s a station that has gas. here s the complex part of the problem. today is sort of a drop dead day when people say, okay, i really do need to leave. you have people who earlier in the week not procrastinators,
tallahassee along with general holland out of atlanta and they have done inspections. it s at 16.68. we can take on a lot more water right now. the big risk they have there, of course, is to get too much water. and it looks like so far, you know, subject to change, this storm is moving fast. we would not get the same sort of rain that texas got. that could all change. the biggest risk on the dyke at coke choeby is too much rain. we re doing the same thing with canal. so we re trying to make sure we get a lot of rain. and issue with miami dade is not just the rain but the storm surge. if something changes we re going to tell you. we can take a lot more right now
number of people on the roads. we can expect additional evacuations as the storm continues to get nearer to our state. miami-dade has order evacuation for zone a and zone b. if you live in these zones and you re still home, leave now. the roads will get worse the longer you wait. volunteer evacuations being ordered in collier county. broward county has issued volunteer evacuations of mobile homes and low-lying areas dpop not ignore evacuation orders. remember, we can rebuild your home, you can get your possessions again, but you can t get your life back. regardless of which coast you live on, be prepared to evacuate. this storm can change. right now the track is on the east coast. it can change. floridians on the west coast cannot p complacent. traffic. i know many of you are in traffic. please be patient. realtime traffic information and routes are available at fl511.com. we re watching all this and