(28 Sep 2024)
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Cedar Key, Florida – 27 September 2024
1. Various drone shots of damaged homes and debris ++MUTE++
2. Various of Kegan Ward standing in front of her workplace
3. Close of broken glass on the ground
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kegan Ward, Assistant Manager of Suwannee Spirits:
"Just the sound of the limbs falling and it was terrifying because I mean I didn’t know what I was going to wake up to."
5. Pan of damage in Suwannee Sprits
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kegan Ward, Assistant Manager of Suwannee Spirits:
"I don’t even know, sadness. I don’t know how Cedar Key is going to come back from this. I really don’t. I mean we’ve been through so much in the past 13 months between Idalia and then Debbie hit us and then we had the fire on Dock Street two weeks ago and then now this. It’s just been so much just back to back to back to back. It’s just, it’s insane and very heartbreaking."
7. Various of storm damage, debris
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kegan Ward, Assistant Manager of Suwannee Spirits:
"I mean if you can come and help, please come and help. We need all of the help that we can get. Cedar Key is such a special place with such a rich history. I mean just filled with amazing people who care so deeply about each other and I mean it’s like one big family. I moved here from Lake City seven years ago and it was the best decision I could have ever made. I mean minus the storms, you know I mean but it’s just such a great community and we all come together to help each other in times of need, you know. I mean there’s been Christmases is where I couldn’t afford to get my kids Christmas presents and this community came together to help me and now just looking around and I feel so helpless. I really do. I feel helpless. I don’t know what, I don’t know what’s next for Cedar Key."
9. Various of National Guard, storm damage
STORYLINE:
Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 40 people in four states, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing apart homes as rescue crews launched desperate missions to save people from floodwaters.
In Cedar Key, Florida, Kegan Ward described the terror of hearing tree limbs crashing down: “I didn’t know what I was going to wake up to.”
The Category 4 hurricane made landfall Thursday in Florida, snapping trees like twigs, tearing apart homes and sending rescue crews on desperate and dangerous missions to save people from floodwaters.
The damage extended hundreds of miles to the north, with flooding as far away as North Carolina. According to an Associated Press tally Friday, the deaths occurred in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
The hurricane came ashore near the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of where Idalia hit last year at nearly the same ferocity.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the damage from Helene appears to be greater than the combined effects of Idalia and Hurricane Debby in August.
AP video shot by Stephen A. Smith
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