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Florida residents returned to their properties in shock and unhappiness Friday as they started choosing up the items from Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction.
Keaton Seashore, positioned north of Clearwater, was hit exhausting, with boats tossed round like toys after which stranded in the midst of flooded streets.
Hurricane Helene destroyed total blocks in Keaton Seashore, Florida.
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Keaton Seashore resident Fonda Neel instructed ABC Information that her house, which she referred to as her blissful place, was now gone.
Hurricane Helene destroyed total blocks in Keaton Seashore, Florida.
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“It is devastating,” she mentioned. “It is exhausting to assume.”
Farther south, a 10-foot storm surge tore components of Cedar Key aside. On Treasure Island, positioned on a barrier island bordering St. Petersburg, the storm despatched boats flying greater than 200 yards and coming to a cease on a four-lane freeway.
Within the metropolis of Perry, about an hour southeast of Tallahassee, the storm destroyed energy transformers and tore the roofs off properties.
Scott Bembry talks to ABC Information’ Victor Oquendo concerning the harm attributable to Hurricane Helene.
Scott Bembry, a Perry resident, stayed at a church shelter to climate the storm, a choice he mentioned he would by no means make once more.
“I would not advocate anybody keep put throughout one in all these storms. Evacuate when it is time to evacuate,” he instructed ABC Information.
