Polk County residents: Sign up for text message updates and info on Hurricane Milton Emergency Public Shelters. Shelters are an option for those unable to remain in place. Here’s what you need ...

Polk County residents were slow to begin entering shelters after they opened Tuesday. As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, combined occupancy was at about 500, Nelson said. The figure had more than doubled by ...

Polk County Emergency Management recommends everyone shelter in-place during a disaster if possible. For those unable to remain in place, such as those in mobile homes, the remaining choices ...

AUBURNDALE, Fla. — Polk County wants its residents to know if a hurricane threatens and they need to evacuate, there's a place to go. The 2019 map features 47 shelters across the county ...

The county opened 19 emergency shelters at schools on Tuesday, including pet-friendly and special needs shelters for people from other counties or within Polk.

BARTOW, Fla. — Polk County leaders are urging its residents to update their hurricane plans for 2020. Due to the global pandemic and the Center for Disease Control guidelines, shelters should be ...

The Hurricane Center tells us this will be an unprecedented historic impact to the Tampa Bay region,” Womble said. ... Polk County is opening 19 shelters starting Tuesday morning.

The next step is to sign up for Polk County public safety notifications. When a particular area could be at risk of a hurricane or tornado, residents will receive critical updates via text message ...

Womble warned of “historic impacts” from Hurricane Milton during his 10 a.m. briefing on Monday. Polk County is opening emergency shelters starting Tuesday morning. “Our shelters should be ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Paul Womble, Polk County’s Emergency Management Director, is discussing preparations ahead of Hurricane Milton. Womble said residents have a day and a half to evacuate ...

As Hurricane Milton, now a Category 5 storm, tracks toward a Wednesday night landfall near Tampa Bay and mandatory evacuations are taking effect, Polk County opened several shelters Tuesday, and a ...