Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricane
Source: AP
By JAY REEVES, ANGIE WANG and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used boats and high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding took shape along rivers and creeks swollen by the storms heavy rains.
Across southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, homeowners and businesses began cleaning up, and officials inspected bridges and highways for safety, a day after Sally rolled through with 105 mph (165 kph) winds, a surge of seawater and 1 to 2 1/2 feet (0.3 to 0.8 meters) of rain in many places before it began to break up.
Sally sped up late Thursday, moving at 15 mph compared to its previous crawl of 3 and 5 mph (5 and 8 kph), but was still dumping heavy rains in southeastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina, where forecasters also said there was a chance of tornadoes. The storm was expected to dump as much as 8 inches (20 centimeters) in parts of the Carolinas and southern Virginia, prompting warnings of flash flooding and moderate river flooding. As much as 8 inches of rain fell in central Georgia on Thursday.
In hard-hit Pensacola and surrounding Escambia County, where Sallys floodwaters had coursed through downtown streets and lapped at car door handles on Wednesday before receding, authorities went door-to-door to check on residents and warn them they were not out of danger.
Storm damaged boats sit at the dock in a marina, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally's rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, as the storm's remnants continued to dump heavy rains inland that spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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soothsayer
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(24,210 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,908 posts)Though that part of Florida is home to some of the dumbest of dumb Trump supporters, Ive lived through Katrina and dont wish hurricane damage for anyone.
But this will be a good example for the Trump-worshipping people of the Florida panhandle To see what a fuck-up Trump is.
Welcome back to America from Trumpistan, Floridians. Like every disaster, the help will come from good-hearted people and not Republican politicians.
LittleGirl
(8,280 posts)Lives in Gulf Shores. My cousin was down there today to rescue him and his wife.
All is good.