South of Sunrise Highway from the Queens line to Rockville Centre, including the barrier islands, and south of Merrick Road, from Rockville Centre to the Suffolk border, by 5 p.m. Saturday.

North Shore residents in low-lying and storm-surge areas, including portions of the Port Washington peninsula, East Island and Shore Road in Glen Cove and parts of the villages of Bayville, Oyster Bay and Oyster Bay Cove, by 5 p.m. Saturday.

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MANDATORY EVACUATIONS

Nassau

South of Sunrise Highway from the Queens line to Rockville Centre, including the barrier islands, and south of Merrick Road, from Rockville Centre to the Suffolk border, by 5 p.m. Saturday.

North Shore residents in low-lying and storm-surge areas, including portions of the Port Washington peninsula, East Island and Shore Road in Glen Cove and parts of the villages of Bayville, Oyster Bay and Oyster Bay Cove, by 5 p.m. Saturday.

Suffolk

Town of Babylon

Mandatory evacuation starting at 8 a.m. Saturday:

All residents south of Montauk Highway; all residents of barrier beaches; Frontier and Gildersleeve Trailer Parks in North Amityville

: Fire Island and low-lying hamlet areas south of Montauk HighwayIslip

, starting 8 a.m.: Blue Point south of Montauk Highway.Brookhaven

Patchogue south of Main Street.

East Patchogue south of Main Street east to the intersection.

Bellport south of South Country Road.

Brookhaven hamlet south of South Country Road.

Shirley south of Golden Gate-Neighborhood Road.

Mastic Beach Village.

Moriches south of Main Street. Center Moriches south of Main Street.

Cedar Beach peninsula in Mount Sinai.

East Moriches south of East Moriches Boulevard in the Newport Beach community.

Southampton: Low-lying areas within a half-mile of the ocean or bay.

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A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff

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