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BREAKING NEWS, VOLUSIA COUNTY
DEPUTIES SAY THEY’RE
EVACUATING MORE CONDOMINIUMS.
>> RIGHT NOW THEY’RE ASKING
PEOPLE TO LEAVE TOWER GRAND.
THAT’S ALONG A ONE. A DEPUTIES
SHARED THESE PHOTOS WITH US
AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE
PROPERTY JUST WASHED AWAY INTO
THE OCEAN.
>> THIS ALL COMES AS CREWS
ALREADY DEEMED SEVERAL CONDO
COMPLEX ON SAFE IN THE DAYTONA
BEACH SHORES AREA. IN FACT,
MORE BEING EVACUATED RIGHT AT
THIS MOMENT. YEAH. NEWS SIX’S.
MOLLY REJOINS US OUT THERE
LIVE. MOLLY.
>> YOUR THIS WAS ONE OF THEM
PIRATE’S COVE. I CONDO
COMPLEX. YOU CAN SEE THE BACK
OF IT JUST CAVED IN. AND I
WILL TELL YOU, WE’RE JUST
WALKING AROUND A ONE A AND
THERE ARE DEPUTIES EVERYWHERE.
THEY’RE WORKING QUICKLY HAD TO
SHARE IT WITH ME HERE. MIKE
CHITWOOD. WHAT IS GOING I
MEAN, IT IS JUST A MASK. IT IS
LIKE A BOMB HAS GONE OFF.
>> ON THE PENINSULA HERE ON
THE ON THE OCEAN SIDE, THE
SHORES IS PROBABLY UP TO ABOUT
16 CONDOS THAT HAVE BACK
AWAITED. THERE ARE POOL DECKS
THE BACK OF BUILDINGS IN THE
OCEAN RIGHT NOW THE COUNTY IS
FORMING UP A STRIKE FORCE WITH
THE OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA
AND THEY’RE BUILDING
INSPECTORS AND ENGINEERS.
THEY’RE GOING TO VISIT EVERY
STRUCTURE FROM THE SHORES ALL
THE WAY DOWN PONCE INLET. YOU
KNOW, WE LOST 7 HOUSES AND
WILBUR BY THE SEA. THERE’S
PROBABLY ANOTHER 22 THAT ARE
IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION AND
MAY GO INTO THE WHAT I’M
ASKING, PEOPLE WISH TO STAY
THE OFF OF THE PENINSULA
UNLESS YOU LIVE HERE. THE
BRIDGES ARE CLOSED EXCEPT THIS
ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL AND TO
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. CURFEW UP
HERE IN THE FINANCIAL 07:00AM
TOMORROW MORNING. YOU’VE GOT
TO LET US DO OUR JOB TRYING TO
WALK DOWN A ONE. A THERE ARE
BUILDINGS THAT THEY MAY GO
DOWN. THEY MAY GO DOWN. AND
SHOULD I CAN GET MY AIR UNIT
UP. WE’RE GOING TO START GET
THE VIDEO AND SHOW THE
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THAT HAS
OCCURRED. AND YOU’VE BEEN YOU
GUYS HAVE FORECASTING IT ALL
MORNING. BUT NOW THAT THE TIDE
STARTING TO RECEIVE, THE WINDS
ARE DYING DOWN. YOU KNOW,
WE’RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE
THAT THE EFFECTS AND THIS
ISN’T OVER. THIS ISN’T A
ONE-DAY EVENT. THIS IS GOING
TO GO ON FOR DAYS AND DAYS AND
DAYS WHERE BUILDINGS ARE GOING
TO BECOME COMPROMISED AND BIG
PART OUR FALL INTO THE OCEAN.
>> SO YOU’RE SAYING A LITTLE
BIT BEFORE WE WENT ON CAMERA,
THEY ENGINEERS ARE NOW GOING
TO START LOOKING AT OTHER
BUILDINGS. I MEAN.
>> TALK LAKE WITH THIS ONE.
YOU CAN VISIBLY SEE THE
ISSUES. IT’S ALREADY STARTED.
BUT THERE ARE SOME MAYBE NOT
HAVE HAVE NOT CAVED IN YET,
BUT ARE STILL AT HIGH RISK. I
MEAN, TALK ABOUT WHY IT’S SUCH
A RISKY SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
I’LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. I WAS
JUST ON THE POOL DECK IN THE
3900 BLOCK OF SOUTH ATLANTIC
AT A HIGH-RISE.
>> THAT POOL DECK IS
COMPLETELY COMPROMISED. AND I
JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK OVER AT
THE PROPERTY NEXT TO IT. THAT
POOL THAT THERE’S NOTHING
UNDER THERE. BUT 2 POLLS
HOLDING IT UP. NOTHING TO SEE
IN THIS COMPLETELY GOING. THE
FOUNDATION IS GOING YOU KNOW,
IT’S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE
THAT’S GOING NEED TO BE
EVACUATED AS WELL. AND ALL OF
THOSE THINGS ARE STARTING TO
COME TO LIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN
GET OUT AND REALLY SEE WHAT
HAS TRANSPIRED. THIS IS NOT A
JOKE DID A NUMBER ON US. IT
SOFTENED UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
WAS NO WAY WE COULD HAVE
GOTTEN BACK IN TIME. AND NOW
WITH THE COLD, JUST IT IS
THERE’S PROBABLY BILLIONS AND
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE
UP HERE. COULD.
>> SO I KNOW A LOT OF VIEWERS
HAVE BEEN MESSAGING AS WE’RE
IN THE TONE OF CHORES RIGHT
NOW. WE HAVE WILBUR BY THE
SEA. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT WHAT PONCE INLET IS
LOOKING LIKE? IT MAY BE WHAT
DAYTONA BEACH WITHIN CITY
LIMITS IS LOOKING LIKE RIGHT
NOW AS WELL. WE HAVEN’T HEARD
MUCH FROM DAYTONA. WE’VE HEARD
SOME SQUAWKING ABOUT THERE MAY
BE SOME HOTELS THAT MAY HAVE
ROUGE AND MAY HAVE SOME
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WE HAVEN’T
THEY HAVEN’T CALLED FOR HELP
FROM US.
>> AND POTS AND ONLY HAD ONE
PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN
STRUCTURALLY COMPROMISED. BUT
AGAIN, IT’S EARLY AS THIS IS
RECEDING NOW AND WE CAN GET
BETTER OF USING DRONES OUT
THERE AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
>> MORE AND MORE THIS IS GOING
TO COME TO LIGHT. I MEAN,
RIGHT NOW I HAVE 100 DEPUTIES
THERE JUST ASSIGNED TO THE
SHORES AND WILBUR BY THE SEA
BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR
UNDERTAKING. EVERY ONE OF
THESE HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WHEN
IT GETS THE CLARE COMPROMISE,
WE HAVE TO SEARCH EVERY ROOM
TO GET KEYS. KNOCK ON THE DOOR
ANNOUNCED THAT WERE HERE OPEN
UP. MAKE SURE IT’S VACANT LAW.
GET IN BECAUSE GOD FORBID, IF
IT COLLAPSES, YOU WANT TO KNOW
THAT WE’VE GOT EVERYBODY WE’RE
ALSO RECORDING EVERYTHING WE
DO IN BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOLD
US I’M NOT LEAVING. SO WE
ASKED FOR THEIR NEXT OF KIN. I
WANT TO GO BACK AND GET
TAGGANT ON THE RIGHT TO
INFORMATION ON. IT WOULD BE
EASY TO IDENTIFY LATER ON. I
MEAN, WHY WOULD YOU LOOK AT
THIS? DAMAGE IS BIG FOR SOME
REASON THAT YOU NOW YOU’RE
YOU’RE GOING TO RIDE THIS OUT.
AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY
NEXT QUESTION. YOU GUYS ARE
OBVIOUSLY GOING DOOR TO DOOR
RIGHT NOW.
>> THE ENTIRE BARRIER ISLAND
WAS UNDER MANDATORY THEY WANT
TO YOU GUYS WANT EVERYONE OFF
THE ISLAND BY 04:00PM
YESTERDAY. HOW MANY PEOPLE AND
YOU KIND OF TALK THAT THERE’S
PEOPLE WHO WANT GO, HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE YOU HAD TO THROW
AN ESTIMATE OUT THERE? DO YOU
THINK ARE STILL MAY BE IN
THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE HIGH
RISK? I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE
PROBABLY SINCE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON AND TODAY.
>> PROBABLY 506 OF THE PEOPLE
WE’VE ASKED TO LEAVE AND ALL
THAT. 3 OR 4. I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A 2. NOTHING
IN HERE YESTERDAY TOLD US TO
GO POUND SAND OUR NEXT
QUESTION AND SAID WE’RE NOT
LEAVING WELL, WE WERE ABLE TO
GET WARRANTS TO CHARGE THEM
AND THEY SHOW THE LIKE, SAID,
OK, WE’RE OUT OF HERE. YOU
KNOW, THAT’S WHAT YOU GOT TO
DO. BUT THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY PEOPLE, THEY
UNDERSTAND IT. PEOPLE WHO HAVE
WALKED ON THE BEACH AND HAS
ALL THE DAMAGE THAT HE INDEED
THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING.
THEY JUST FIGURED, HEY, WE’LL
RIDE IT OUT AS LONG AS WE CAN.
BUT THE HOMEOWNERS AND WILL
PROVIDE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT
WE’VE GOT THAT ONE RIGHT NOW.
THERE’S A QUESTION THAT ARE
SAYING I’M NOT GOING IN. YOU
SHOWED THE FOOTAGE OF THE ONE
HOUSE THAT ARE WITH 1000
SQUARE FEET MISS IN THE OCEAN,
LIVING ROOM AND DINING AND
BEDROOM AND IT WON’T. AND THIS
LIKE I THIS IS NOT OKAY TO
STORMS OVER. THIS IS OVER. NOW
WE REBUILD ITS NOT WE WE HAVE
MORE CYCLES OF THESE EYES ARE
GOING TO BE COMING IN HERE.
STILL HAVE THE WIND BLOWING A
ROCHE AND JUST DOESN’T GO
AWAY. AND, YOU KNOW, UNTIL
YOU’RE ABLE TO STRUCTURE SOLVE
THESE PROBLEMS WITH THESE
BUILDINGS, AND THE SEA IS TO
EITHER WAY AT
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. WE’LL LET YOU GET BACK.
YOU ARE GOING TO YOU GUYS ARE
VERY BUSY. SO YOU HEARD HIM
THERE. IT IS DANGEROUS
SITUATION OUT HERE. THEY DO
NOT WANT ANY RESIDENTS GOING
AROUND RIGHT NOW. BACK TO YOU
GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
YOU JUST HEARD THE SHERIFF
TALK ABOUT WILBUR BY THE SEA,
SEVERAL BEACHSIDE HOMES THERE
COLLAPSED IN THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN.
>> THE WAVES LASHING THE SHORE
LINE THERE. I JUST FOUND IT
INTERESTING. HERE’S SOME VIDEO
FROM.
>> FROM THAT AREA WILL BE BY
THE SEA. THE SHERIFF SAID,
QUOTE, IT’S LIKE A BOMB HAS
GONE OFF HERE ON THE PENINSULA
HERE ALONG A ONE. A IS LIKE A
BOMB HAS GONE OFF. THEY HAVE
THIS IS NOT A ONE-DAY EVENT
EITHER AS HE REITERATED THIS
IS SEVERAL DAYS. THEY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE BUILDINGS
TO GO DOWN. THAT’S WHERE
THEY’RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR
EVACUATING MORE PEOPLE. AND IF
THESE PEOPLE REFUSE, HE GOES
AS FAR AS ISSUING A WARRANT TO
THEM OUT OF THEIR UNITS. IF
THEY DON’T DO THAT, HE WILL
TOE TAG THEM BECAUSE THESE
BUILDINGS ARE NOT SAFE. THIS
IS A SERIOUS DEAL. AND AND IF
YOU’RE LIVING IN ONE OF THESE
AREAS AND IN A SHERIFF’S
DEPUTY COMES TO YOU AND SAYS,
HEY, YOU GOT TO GO.
>> THEY’RE TRYING TO KEEP YOU
AND WHILE YOUR STRUCTURE YOUR
HOME, YOUR LOOK FINE. ONCE WE
GET THAT HIGH TIDE AGAIN, IT
IS JUST RIPPING AWAY AT THE
STRUCTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY