Here's how to check if you live in a flood or evacuation zone before Milton makes landfall. Flood zones are geographic areas that FEMA has defined according to varying levels of flood risk, which range from low to high-risk. Here are FEMA's maps for each Treasure Coast county to check if you live in a low, moderate, or high-risk flooding area:

Gov. Ron DeSantis warned on Monday that uncertainty over Milton’s precise path would lead to evacuations over a wide area, especially because the memory of Hurricane Ian was still fresh in Southwest Florida. That storm killed 150 people in 2022, some of whom did not heed calls to evacuate to the mainland from barrier-island communities.