PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — As the Tampa Bay area braces for Hurricane Milton, local officials are issuing county-by-county guidance for residents who will be affected by the storm.

Pinellas County has opened six emergency shelters in anticipation of impacts from Hurricane Milton. The shelters opened at noon in Largo, St. Petersburg, Palm Harbor, Clearwater and Dunedin.

There would be no mandatory evacuation orders in the Brevard County as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, Emergency Management Director John Scott said in a live media broadcast Tuesday morning. The county will open three hurricane shelters beginning at 9 a.