Irma, forcing Florida residents to urgently leave their homes to seek refuge, has become a nightmare for people even before he hit the mainland.
The trip that usually takes a couple of hours, turned into a grueling test of a day-long. And all because the highway was flooded with almost half a million peopleleaving the state under evacuation, according to the ABC7 website.
In addition to the huge traffic jams people are also faced with the problem of lack of housing, as all roadside motels and hotels are full. A huge problem is lack of gasoline.
Using the plane to get out of the state it is also impossible: all tickets, even the most expensive, long sold out.
A mandatory evacuation was declared for residents of Miami-Dade, Broward, palm beach, Brevard, Moore haven and Monroe. On Friday, Governor Scott announced a voluntary evacuation in the districts, Hendry, and Glades. And on Saturday these areas will be subject to mandatory evacuation.
Route Florida Turnpike, and Interstates 95 and 75 is the main highway leading from the state was overloaded throughout the week. On Wednesday, the traffic has increased three times, on Thursday — fourand Friday, probably, the situation will deteriorate even more.
Video shows massive traffic jam on the Florida Turnpike as people attempt to flee Hurricane #Irma. https://t.co/B0LsaqyT7g pic.twitter.com/N1n0tVpXyo
— ABC News (@ABC) September 8, 2017
«The video shows the massive traffic on Florida Turnpike. People seek shelter from hurricane #Irma. «.
Officials no traffic on the roads, allowed the drivers to go on the side of the emergency lane in order to somehow relieve the highway.
Additional difficulties create huge queues at petrol stations where people are forced to stand for an hour, however, it often happens that the fuel was not enough.
In a press release Governor Scott announced that he is doing everything possible so the state got as much fuel. According to him, the contractors will soon have to deliver 1.5 million gallons of gasoline. The trucks heading to the gas stations on evacuation routes, accompanied by state police. This is done for security reasons, to avoid possible accidents due to very heavy traffic.
According to weather forecasts, Irma reaches the coast of Florida on Sunday. Although it is expected that by the time the hurricane slightly weakened, it still poses a serious danger to the life and health of residents.
