Storm Surge Affects Dauphin Island Residents

THE CLEAN-UP FROM NATE CONTINUES
ACROSS THE GULF COAST TODAY...
SOME
OF THE WORST DAMAGE WAS ON
DAUPHIN
ISLAND.
TODAY... CREWS WERE CLEARING
ALMOST SIX FEET OF SAND OFF THE
ROADWAY ON THE
WEST END OF THE ISLAND AND IT IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS TO
FINISH.
NEWS FIVE'S KATARINA LUKETICH
SPOKE TO
ONE FAMILY WHO LOST
EVERYTHING....
Heidi Johnson - Dauphin Island
Resident
:
"Start over.rely on friends and
neighbors
and help each other out." HEIDI
JOHNSON IS ONE OF A FEW ON
DAUPHIN ISLAND WHO LOST NEARLY
ALL HER BELONGINGS WHEN STORM
SURGE FROM HURRICANE
NATE FLOODED HER APARTMENT. HER
FAMILY SAYS THE WATER CAME IN
FAST.
Christine Hanson - Visiting from
Michigan:
"We were sitting there watching
a movie and
I went and opened the door to
check and there was like two
inches of rain so I didn't think
nothing of it and I went out a
half hour later opened the door
and all the water came gushing
in."
THEY SAY IT RECEDED AS
QUICKLY AS IT CAME IN, BUT THE
TWO FOOT WATER LINE IS STILL
MARKED ON THEIR REFRIGERATOR,
THE DOOR, AND EVEN ON CARS
OUTSIDE.
Katarina Luketich - News 5: "As
we move over the west end of
Dapuhin Island.these problems
expected to
linger a little bit longer. Take
a look behind
me. You can see the water and
the sand.how much of it is still
in the roadway and that goes on
for about three miles." A
MILITARY VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN
THE
MUCK SUNDAY CREATED BY THE
AMOUNT OF SAND AND WATER.
THE CLEANUP PROCESS -
EXPECTED TO TAKE WEEKS AS CREWS
CONTINUE TO WORK AS FAST AS THEY
CAN TO CLEAR THE SAND
SO WATER AND POWER CAN BE
RESTORED TO THE WEST END OF THE
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Storm Surge Affects Dauphin Island Residents

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