Squalor amid destruction left by Hurricane Michael
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(17 Oct 2018) Residents of hard-hit Mexico Beach began returning home for the first time Wednesday since Hurricane Michael to see homes devastated by wind and water and pieces of their lives scattered across the Florida sand. Roxie Cline sobbed uncontrollably after seeing the damage Hurricane Michael left behind in the RV park where she lived. A rough life is getting even rougher for dozens of people living at a Florida motel ripped apart by Hurricane Michael a week ago. There's still no power at the American Quality Lodge in Panama City, where residents huddle under makeshift tents and in breezeways to escape the midday sun. Nighttime brings relief from the heat, but also brings the threat of looters, who residents say have stolen their money, jewelry, food and even rain-soaked clothes. Jeannie Holcombe, who has been at the motel a few months says she and her husband have had their checkbook and clothing stolen out of their room. Some of the survivors lived at the low-rent motel before Michael; others simply moved in, seeking some kind of shelter after the storm. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3109ac9740068ba78829bbd59bf8c650
