well porn a live from Apalachicola where
it's much quieter tonight Tyrell
compared to earlier today very quiet and
very dark outside of our camera lights
the power remains out in this entire
region but if the lights were up if the
Sun was up you would see this widespread
damage because so many of those power
poles and power lines are down and also
very large trees it's amazing that this
tree actually did not fall on a house
you can tell just how giant this tree is
it did not fall on a structure but there
is so much damage all around town as
hurricane Michael delivered its most
powerful punch storm surge crept closer
inland spilling its banks and
threatening vulnerable homes been 2 feet
higher that half long won't be sitting
so pretty right now art Clough returned
to his waterfront property and found a
tree resting on top and on the only
major highway and Apalachicola more
massive downed trees blocking some paths
entirely but if we could cut the top off
and just drag it around we could at
least get one lane clear so Chad
Kimbrough has been doing just that
using his own chainsaw to help the
Sheriff's Department
clear the road catastrophic damage here
where there's trees everywhere roads are
underwater or do te National Guard
they're gonna have a hard time getting
in here until some of these roads or
till we assess them and see if they're
he can't even travel across something
and this area was inundated with plenty
of storm surge that water moved in fast
from the bay and then these trailers
essentially became floating objects and
the force of that win tipped a few of
them off to the side nearby a pickup
truck almost left floating and on dry
ground a sailboat was pushed onto a road
lots of trees down some roads off there
several buildings lots of damage then
dangerous combination of water and wind
was it tensed throughout the day
flooding was a constant theme on Tuesday
appear veering south into the Gulf was
visible under clear skies but today as
the strong hurricane churned near that
same pier seemingly vanished into those
lashing waves
some people nervously returned to check
on their prized possessions after the
storm passed business is battered
windows broken and the bridges leading
out of town remain closed tonight it'll
take us a while to recover but we will
because we got a lot of great people
there some people got some pretty
damaged houses from trees but most of
the structures are in place here
so certainly a lot of damage as you
drive around town but this is the site
that you will see as I was saying
earlier it's amazing that this tree did
not fall on an actual home given its
size it fell actually in between the two
homes that are on this block but it will
be a long road to recovery for this area
no doubt one of the worst parents in
decades and Tara what about injuries
there any official word tonight yet no
official word on injuries the sheriff
tells me that he is actually bracing for
that because there have been no reported
injuries but the medical staff at the
hospitals they have evacuated out so
they have not been able to treat anyone
if they perhaps have become injured in
this storm that is not the case but the
phone lines the landlines are down but
they have not been able to get to every
single area to check on perhaps
individual homeowners so the word is
still out on that but no reported
injuries at this point in Toronto we
know the wind ripped the board's right
off some windows of businesses are
sheriff's deputies doing patrols in case
of looting yes the Sheriff's Department
are they are out the sheriff's deputies
they are out on patrols patrolling the
blocks around the homes but they are
focused on those businesses especially
in the downtown area they told me that
there is actually a curfew from sunset
to sunrise it's unclear what will happen
to perhaps an individual who is caught
out on the streets out you know inside
of those hours but the sheriff says that
he is taking that message to the people
he tried to get the word out before the
Sun set for the night but we have not
encountered anyone as of these late
hours perhaps roaming around the area so
that curfew appears to be working
all right let's hope everyone stays
respecting others property and what's
left to report a thank you