The cast of the next season of MTV's The Real World have been forced to leave their house and move North to escape Hurricane Rita.

The seventeenth installment of the show, which has been filming in Key West for several weeks, had to relocate at the weekend after officials imposed a mandatory evacuation order.

As promised, cameras kept rolling throughout; footage of their ordeal is expected to feature in the show.

Sources tell Digital Spy that the cast have moved to West Palm Beach, around 250 miles North of the Keys. The duration of their stay is unknown.

Real World: Key West is due to air early in 2006.