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Florida's Big Bend faces another round of rebuilding after 3rd hurricane in 13 months

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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The devastating toll from Hurricane Helene keeps growing. At least 121 people have died in six states and officials fear that number could grow much larger. Many remain missing and unaccounted for since phone lines and cell towers have been down for days. Some places in Florida are trying to recover from their third big hit in less than two years. Special Correspondent Christopher Booker reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Welcome to the news hour. The devastating toll from Hurricane Helene keeps growing.

0:05.0

Authorities say at least 120 people have died across six states and officials fear that

0:10.7

number could grow even larger.

0:13.0

Many more people are still missing and unaccounted for.

0:16.0

In North Carolina, communities are in crisis with many roads closed,

0:20.0

slowing the delivery of food, water, and other desperately needed aid.

0:24.1

And some places in Florida are now trying to recover from their third big hit

0:28.8

in less than two years.

0:30.3

Special correspondent Christopher Booker has our report.

0:34.0

For residents on Florida's Big Bend, it's been a year like no other.

0:38.0

The small community of Keaton Beach took an almost direct hit from Hurricane Helene.

0:43.1

It was the third hurricane since last summer

0:45.3

to strike this stretch of the Gulf Coast.

0:47.4

Where we're standing, all that's left is what?

0:49.8

Just the pylons on the house.

0:51.3

Just the pylons.

0:52.4

Where is the rest of the house?

0:54.0

Over there in the canal, across the canal.

0:57.0

Shannon Millinor lost his entire home to the estimated 15 feet of storm search.

1:01.0

He was born and raised in this area and says many in this

1:04.2

close-knit community are reeling. They're just devastating. We pretty much know

1:09.9

everybody down here and this, you everybody was that lived here full time just

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