For immediate release Office of Communications Sept. 9, 2017 (404) 651-7774 Deal alters state of emergency for Chatham County Acting on a recommendation from the state's Emergency Operations Command and in agreement with the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency and following Hurricane Irma's further shift westward, Gov. Nathan Deal today issued an executive order altering the emergency declaration for Chatham County. As indicated in the attached maps, Zone B and C in Chatham County will be moving to a voluntary evacuation order. The mandatory evacuation order issued by Gov. Deal remains in effect for all of Zone A throughout the coastal region. Due to the lack of traffic using contraflow, the Georgia Department of Transportation is removing contraflow operations on Interstate 16 by 4 p.m. today, returning normal traffic configurations for both east and westbound travel lanes. This allows the state to relocate our resources being used for contraflow and transition them westward. To read the executive order, see attached or click here. For more information on hurricane preparedness, visit the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency website here. Contact: Catherine Howden, catherine.howden@gema.ga.gov. Jen Talaber Ryan jen.ryan@georgia.gov Alyssa Botts abotts@georgia.gov 121 Union Aline Metter 46 Cobbtown 121 121 Pulaski Register 16 301 169 169 24 Statesboro Georgia Southern Pretoria Bulloch Brooklet 26 Arcola Denmark Nevils Mitchell Forks 16 Egypt 17 119 Lorenzo Clyo 119 Haddonville Tillman 17 Ridgeland Deerfield Jasper Springfield Effingham Guyton Rahns Pineora Rincon BakerHill Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Hardeeville Exley 21 Okatie Collins Manassas HaganClaxton Evans 23 Reidsville Daniels Hughland Jennie Midway Altamaha EasonBluff Mendes 121 169 Tison 301 Glennville 144 301 196 BeardsCreek 121 Surrency Brentwood Donald MadraySprings Groveland Southward Pembroke Fort Stewart Ellabell Eden 144 Long Ludowici Willie FortStewart 119 119 144 Bryan 144 144 Flemington Hinesville Liberty CreekIsland Elim Walthourville Midway Dorchester Riceboro Retreat Bloomingdale Pooler 17 80 Port Wentworth GardenCity Clearview Savannah Chatham Georgetown Burroughs 95 RichmondHill GrovePoint Brisbon Edgemere Wilshire Riverside Whitemarsh Island Wilmington Island Montgomery CoffeeBluff Skidaway Island Fort McAllister Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge Belfast Sunbury Seabrook 27 Kville Ritch 84 Patterson OtterCreek 121 Hoboken Schlatterville Odum Doctortown 341 57 Redland Jesup 38 95 95 Julienton 341 Slover Wayne 84 Screven Broadhurst Gardi Pendarvis Grangerville 341 57 Townsend Cox ShellmanBluff Eulonia McIntosh Ardick Crescent Valona Manningtown Mt Pleasant Everett 251 Ashintilly Darien SapeloIsland Hortense 23 Nahunta Brantley Hickox Browntown 32 Waynesville Atkinson Salter Thalmann 99 82 341 Anguilla Pennick 99 Glynn 17 Brunswick GoldenIsles Airport BenedictCoE un sttrayteC slub CypressMills WolfIsland Wilderness GermanVillage Harrington SeaIsland FancyBluff Brunswick St Simons Island Murad Laurel Bay Roseida Burton FrippLanding Baileys Landing Pinckney Colony Shell Point Port Royal MCRecruiting DepotParris Island Bluffton BrightonBeach SpanishWells FollyField HiltonHead Island Lawton Fort Screven TybeeIsland 121 301 Racepond CypressSiding Winokur BigOak 259 259 Burnt Fort Waverly WhiteOak Woodbine HickoryBluff Jekyll Island StatePark DoverBluff Jekyll Island Mattox SilverHill Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge 121 121 Homeland Folkston Boulogne Colerain Tompkins Colesburg Kinlaw KingsFerry ClarksBluff Kingsland Forestview CabinBluff HighPoint ElliottsBluff Cumberland IslandNational Seashore Stafford Scotchville NSBKingsBay Greyfield Andrews Hilliard 95 Evergreen St Marys Fernandina Beach Toledo 121 Dyal Nassau Yulee 200 Hedges O'Neil 0 AmeliaIsland NassauVillage GeorgiaEmergencyManagement&HomelandSecurityAgency Coastal HurricaneEvacuationZones August 2017 EvacuationZones A B C(ChathamOnly) 5 10 20 30 40 Miles Esri,HERE,DeLorme,MapmyIndia,OpenStreetMapcontributors,andtheGISusercommunity