‘Please evacuate now.’

Urgent Alert to Jefferson County Residents:   “Hurricane Laura is approaching Southeast Texas and will land Wednesday evening.”   This storm “will continue to gain strength and cause catastrophic and life threatening conditions. Please evacuate now.”

From Port Arthur: 911 will continue to be answered throughout the storm, however, some citizens having landlines with the following prefixes may experience trouble getting through.

Those prefixes are: 
409-982-
409-983-
409-984-
409-985-
409-971-
409-989-