Max Sparra News Today

Officials ordered people in many low-lying areas to seek higher ground, but only some heeded the warnings.

Outside the banana-colored complex off Pass-a-Grille Way, everyone was at work. Neighbors clustered outside, watching the unusually high tide climb up the seawall as they checked that windows were secure — as much as was possible, anyway. The tenants of the 14-unit building were among those in the first evacuation zone who had considered the storm and decided to risk riding it out, despite ...