(12 Oct 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bradenton Beach, Florida - 12 October 2024
1. Wide of Don Glass's home
2. Debbie Finlay showing damage to pool
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Don Glass, Bradenton Beach resident
"We cleaned up as best we could taking a boat back and forth for five days to get to the island, and cleaned up as best we could. And then we had to leave again Monday, this past Monday because of the Hurricane Milton on its way."
4. Garden sign with flood line and sandbags in background
5. Sandbags with Glass and Finlay looking at damage in background
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Don Glass, Bradenton Beach resident:
"I would say that Helene there were still people that road that one out here, because you know, people get conditioned that oh, it's not going to hit me, whatever."
7. Various of Glass showing water line from flooding
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Don Glass, Bradenton Beach resident:
"But after that, and people are like, okay, you know, it can do some serious damage, which was more than we anticipated here, with all the sand everywhere. And when they saw Milton coming with high winds now, a direct hit, they're like, we're out of here. So everybody, we're done, we're out of here."
9. Various of Jen Hilliard shovelling mud from friend's home
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jen Hilliard, helping clean up in Bradenton Beach:
"My friends from Colorado own a few homes out here, and we were good friends back in Colorado. We just moved six months ago, and they just had posted pictures of the devastation. And I just reached out and asked how I could help. And they just said, bring a shovel."
11. Various Hilliard using wheel barrow to cart and dump mud
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jen Hilliard, helping clean up in Bradenton Beach:
"Mother nature, I just, there's no way to describe it. I mean, it is what it is and just, you roll with the punches. Community is the best part though, everybody helping each other."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bradenton, Florida - 12 October 2024
13. Various of electrical workers repairing power lines after Hurricane Milton
STORYLINE:
Hurricane Milton killed at least 10 people when it tore across central Florida, flooding barrier islands, ripping the roof off the Tampa Bay Rays' baseball stadium and spawning deadly tornadoes.

Officials say the toll could have been worse if not for the widespread evacuations.

Overall, more than a thousand people had been rescued in the wake of the storm as of Saturday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

Residents of Bradenton Beach, like Don Glass and his fiancé Debbie Finlay, returned to survey their homes after back-to-back hits from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Some like Jen Hilliard came from further inland to help friends clean up.

Meanwhile, back on mainland, electrical workers attempted to restore power to neighborhoods in Bradenton.

AP video by Laura Bargfeld

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