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When did officials tell people to evacuate from Hurricane Ian?

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Before Hurricane Ian brought destruction to the Florida peninsula on Sept. 28, federal and state officials urged Floridians to evacuate their homes and seek shelter because of dangerous winds and deadly storm surge.
Those warnings weren’t for nothing, as about 94 people in Florida and four people in North Carolina were left dead when Ian moved up the East Coast.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an evacuation order on Sept. 27 for 12 counties, including Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Putnam and Sarasota, when Ian became a Category 3 hurricane, threatening coastal communities.
Before DeSantis decided to place 2.5 million people under an evacuation order, county officials issued orders for residents to leave as the powerful storm approached.
On Sept. 26 and Sept. 27, Florida’s Charlotte County ordered residents in two zones to evacuate the area, including people who lived on Don Pedro Island, Knight Island, Little Gasparilla Island, Gasparilla Island and Manasota Key.

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