Va. to move up hurricane evacuation timeline

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia plans to give residents up to 10 hours more notice of a mandatory hurricane evacuation, and will target the most high-risk areas for those evacuations, officials said Thursday.

The changes come amid a review of the state’s hurricane preparedness plan. Officials expect to begin hurricane evacuation planning sooner when a storm approaches, and to focus more on evacuating high-risk zones and less on the possibility of reversing lanes on Interstate 64.