![]() He said he couldn’t immediately release details. Mayor Tony Kennon said one person died in the popular vacation spot Orange Beach, Alabama, and another was missing as a result of the storm. “So this is kind of the initial salvo, but there is going to be more that you’re going to have to contend with,” DeSantis said.Īt least one death was blamed on the hurricane. The Florida national guard said it had deployed about 500 soldiers and airmen to help local authorities evacuate 113 people, though it did not say when and where the rescues took place.įlorida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, warned residents and visitors in flooded areas that they would need to remain vigilant as water from the hurricane subsides, because heavy rains to the north were expected to cause flooding in panhandle rivers in coming days. In Florida’s Escambia county, crews carried out at least 400 rescues in the by such means as high-water vehicles, boats and jet skis, authorities said. ![]() Rescuers along the Gulf coast were using high-water vehicles to reach people cut off by flooding. On Thursday morning, the rain had stopped but more than 530,000 were still without power in the region, after the electricity went out for many on Tuesday night. Homes sat in the rain on Wednesday with their roofs and sometimes even walls peeled off by the 105mph winds that swept ashore early that morning as the tempest made landfall at Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a category two hurricane. ![]() Homeowners and businesses along the soggy Gulf coast have begun cleaning up even as the region braces for a delayed, second round of flooding in the coming days. The county said there are also many traffic lights still out and that has led to “collisions and a lot of near misses”. Trees and power lines are down throughout the county, one of Alabama’s largest, with about 225,000 people. ![]() Jenni Guerry, deputy director of emergency management for Baldwin county, said at a Thursday news briefing that search crews have been trying to make sure people are accounted for. Xh5fRkTJQX- Armondo Moralez September 16, 2020Īn official just east of Mobile Bay, Alabama, said the county has sustained “tremendous damage”. #HurricaneSally toppled the steeple at El Primitive Baptist Church on Gayle street, fortunately there were no injuries. ![]()
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