CLOCK: Surviving Michael and the devastation left behind
CLOCK: Surviving Michael and the devastation left behind
CLOCK: Surviving Michael and the devastation left behind
Transcription for Survive Michael and the devastation left behind.
this morning. We begin with the monumental recovery efforts facing the Florida Panhandle following the devastating Hurricane Michael. The damage only defying the description. This, these aerial views are seen. It has been very emotional to see the families affected. The search and rescue crews have been deployed in those destroyed neighborhoods in search of survivors who got rid of the storm in houses, hotels and other buildings that are now a tangle of rubble. And the caravans of the public service workers are in the disaster zone working to restore power. This is what we know so far. At least 17 people confirmed dead in the south of the storm. More than 1.3 million people are in the dark in six states and more than 4,000 people are still in shelters this morning. We have team coverage in the aftermath of Michael. First we're going to steal Marciano in Panama City with a look at a place that was almost wiped off the map. Good morning steals Good morning eva Here we are, day three after Hurricane Michael and scenes like this behind me are everywhere. Commercial buildings, residential buildings, thousands of them damaged or completely destroyed. Most of the area around Panama City is paralyzed, but obviously in the most affected areas there is still a great hurry to look for victims. This morning, a massive cleanup and an ongoing search and rescue effort. Bolt cutters, lever bars, mallets. Anything else you might need? Reporter: Michael hitting land here on the beach in Mexico, Florida, hitting this picturesque city of Oceanside with a 14-foot cyclonic storm surge and winds of 155 miles per hour. This is where the wind and the wave were higher. The water removes these houses from their foundations and transports them, in some cases, hundreds of meters inland. The strongest and tallest buildings remain, but the extent of the damage is amazing. The water just came from the canal and began to rise about five feet inside the houses. The only thing you could do at that moment is to swim. Reporter: Daniel reluctantly decided to leave the storm with his wife and his dog Leo. You surrender at one point. You realize that there is nothing: now you are in the hands of God and a calmness actually invades you, but you are terrified. Reporter: These aerial images before and after show the magnitude of the devastation. The area that looks like a war zone with entire neighborhoods leveled. On the floor, the ominous beep of the smoke detector emits beeps from homes reduced to piles of rubble. Believe it or not, there are still people inside these buildings. Reporter: During the night the first confirmed death of the city. Now time is running out to get help and critical services for others who were left behind. There are people who were here and who were good at the beginning, but now it's been two, three, four days and they realize they have no food or water and what was not an emergent condition now becomes one. Reporter: The police department of the city of only eight officers severely beaten by the storm. We do not have a building. I understand that the surge of water took it from its foundations. Reporter: Residents inspecting the damage. As everyone, we know that they lost their house, everyone and our jobs. It is devastation. Like a bomb has just exploded. Reporter: Further inland, Gail, sweet, tragically loses her husband in the storm when a tree fell on her house. It was like a freight train coming towards us. Reporter: The tree immobilizes the couple and seriously wounds Gail's husband. I told him to hold on. Just wait. I'm asking for help now. Reporter: But the storm prevented the rescuers from arriving this time. They took me out, but he was already gone when I arrived. Reporter: Back on the coast near Mexico Beach, Tyndall's air force base received a direct hit. Michael destroyed the roof of this hangar, but the military equipment was already on the ground on Friday when the cargo planes arrived with the much needed supplies. And, of course, getting the military operation operational again is of vital importance. I can tell you that after analyzing much of the damage here along the coast in my 20 years of covering storms, I have never seen wind damage like this one due to a hurricane. It is literally like a tornado ef2 or ef3 of 20 or 30 miles wide. Therefore, when you listen to these stories of survivors, they are simply moving and terrifying. For more we see Carr, we will live for us in the destination, Florida. Good morning to you, you will. Reporter: Good morning, Rob. Many people tell us that they were surprised by the cutting power of this storm. When it was category 1, they felt good staying, but when they jumped to a cat 4, they did not have time to leave. Now, this morning, we are listening to your heartbreaking stories of survival. This morning, you are about to meet two survivors of the hurricane who wanted them to leave when they could. It was a life or death situation. I do not think any of us expected the storm to do the kind of damage it caused. Reporter: John Pandullo, like so many others, chose to ignore evacuation orders and overcome the storm. The hurricane destroyed his house. The roof is gone. It began to fall around me. Reporter: It was then that he grabbed his dog Rosie and ran to the closet in the room. I was like that, me and the dog. I was just sitting here, like, and the dog was right here, and he was not leaving my side and not moving. Reporter: Miraculously the two escaped unharmed. The teams now take the survivors to a safe place in the air as they go door to door with their fangs on the ground. We were just surprised by the great damage. This kind of destruction that we have not seen since I was a child and that was Hurricane Andrew. This is quite extensive. Reporter: At the end of the road, the walls of a large church were removed. Surprisingly, the cross at the top still stands, the building and the communities surrounded by thousands of fallen trees. This morning, teams are working desperately to restore power to more than one million people in six states. It's sad, you know, that we can not keep our things, you know, but I want to say that they are just things and I'm glad that I'm alive and my dog made him alive. Reporter: It really is an incredible story, especially when you saw how that storm rode in the closet. He says he trusted faith during the height of the storm and that if he could do it again, he would evacuate when he could. Guy, back to you. Thank you very much, I will. You think about the people, you think about the amount of damage that there is, some people have compared this to a war zone, raiding neighborhoods completely, but also the base of the Tyndall air force completely helpless, home to several warplanes. One thing to remember too, people went to bed thinking that this was a category 2 and decided not to evacuate, then woke up, cat 4, too late to leave. Not only their houses but the companies, everything is gone. We will have to wait for a full report of damages and how much the cleaning will cost. Thank you very much to all our teams that cover that history.
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