US: Mandatory evacuations under way in Florida and Georgia

Georgia’s governor has ordered more than half-a-million people living in coastal areas to move to higher ground. People are also leaving parts of Florida, where the evacuation has led to a petrol shortage.

Georgia’s governor has ordered more than half a million people living in coastal areas to move to higher ground.

People are also leaving parts of Florida, where the evacuation has led to a petrol shortage.

Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from Miami.