PONCE INLET, Fla. – New aerial video reveals how Hurricane Nicole took bites out of the Volusia County coast, chewing up sand dunes, seawalls and components of properties.
Sky 6 flew over the seashores Friday from Ponce Inlet north to Wilbur-by-the-Sea, the place two dozen properties had been deemed unsafe and a few had already collapsed.
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The Atlantic Ocean’s waves now crashed and breached seawalls, eradicating chunks of the coast that had been constructed as much as help the generally opulent properties on high.
Some properties had been spared from destruction. Others seem like they had been sliced into items, left in heaps on the seashore or gone altogether, together with swimming pools, palm bushes and pavement.
By Friday, 10 properties in Wilbur-by-the-Sea had collapsed. Some 25 single-family properties in Wilbur-by-the-Sea had been deemed unsafe and evacuated, however from the video, it’s clear extra properties alongside the seashore had severe harm. Some properties that aren’t broken at the moment are proper on the sting of the dunes.
“It’s heartbreaking to see as a result of the seashore is gone, and homes are gone, and it’s not going to get any higher as a result of the excessive tides maintain coming,” mentioned one lady on the seashore Thursday.
Boardwalks and ramps for beachside entry had been additionally ripped aside, leaving wooden from the walkways dangling.
County officers are urging folks to not come out to the seashores and see the harm for themselves except they must. They are saying it’s too harmful.
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