Georgia Begins Mandatory Evacuation as Hurricane Dorian Threatens to Buzz Coast

A surfer enjoys the waves as Hurricane Dorian continues to make its way toward the Florida coast in Boca Ration, Florida, on Sept. 2, 2019. Joe Readle/Getty Images

Mandatory evacuation in Georgia has started for the entire 15-mile-wide strip that runs between Interstate 95 and the Atlantic ocean, where the now-Category 4 Hurricane Dorian threatens to buzz the coast.

After declaring a state of emergency on Aug. 29, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that mandatory evacuation of all six coastal counties would begin at midday on Monday, Sept. 2, to be overseen by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.