HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. – Communities along Florida’s Big Bend have been left severely damaged from powerful Hurricane Helene.
Local 10 News’ Christian De La Rosa accessed an area of Horseshoe Beach and saw buildings and homes completely destroyed.
Jack Cook and his 7-year-old grandson Holden showed De La Rosa what’s left of their church.
Members of Horseshoe Beach Baptist had just finished rebuilding from Hurricane Idalia just over a year ago.
“Everything we did, it was for nothing,” said Cook. “We had been in the sanctuary three Sundays.”
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Selena McCall returned to her home with her children, trying to salvage whatever she could.
“I didn’t think it was going to push (my home) off the foundation,” she said. “In Idalia our house did not flood at all.”
Almost every home up and down Main Street was damaged, flattened or can’t be found.
The storm surge was so strong it blasted through walls.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking from Taylor County, discussed what the state plans to do for the people who desperately need aid.
“We’re working with the Department of Emergency Management, and they are working to provide travel trailers for people to live while on their property,” said DeSantis.
In Cedar Key, the storm surge in the area went up approximately eight feet, based off measurements made by Local 10 News.