Although Clay County was largely spared major impacts from Ian, officials warned residents to use caution as they returned to their homes following the lifting of evacuation orders on Friday.
County officials and work crews went out Friday to assess the damage in the community, and Clay County Emergency Management Director John Ward said in a video release that officials are closely monitoring water levels in the river and Doctors Lake, which will be higher over the next few days.
As of 12:45 p.m. Friday, all Clay County shelters were closed and all evacuation orders had been lifted. “We generally see a lot of injuries and deaths post-storm from those type of injuries -- either getting wrapped up in power lines or chainsaw injuries,” he said.
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