Alligator Point, United States — A powerful hurricane was barreling towards Florida on Thursday, with officials warning of 'unsurvivable' conditions and a potentially catastrophic storm surge high enough to swamp a two-story house.
Alligator Point, United States — A powerful hurricane was barreling towards Florida on Thursday, with officials warning of 'unsurvivable' conditions and a potentially catastrophic storm surge high enough to swamp a two-story house.Tens of thousands of people were without power and roads were already flooded ahead of what is expected to be one of the largest Gulf of Mexico storms in decades.
'If it stays on course, this is going to look different afterwards, that's for sure,' he said.Patrick Riickert refused to budge from his small wooden house in Crawfordville, a town of 5,000 people a few miles inland.Most residents have bolted, but Riickert, his wife and five grandchildren were 'not going anywhere,' the 58-year-old insisted.
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