Hurricane is blamed for 16 deaths in Florida alone
Maybe her 79-year-old aunt sought shelter at the sturdy condo nearby that withstood Hurricane Michael's devastating winds. Maybe she was rescued and is lying in a hospital bed somewhere. The pile of rubble that was once her
"It's torture," says
Days after the hurricane slammed into the Florida
"I've been on the phone to reporters, to fire chiefs, to heads of task force from
To her disappointment, it read: "We're still working on it ... we'll keep you posted."
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As the hurricane closed in and more than 375,000 people were warned to evacuate, emergency authorities expressed frustration that many residents weren't leaving.
Since the storm, many people have been rescued from the devastated zones. Emergency officials said that because of widespread cellphone outages, others could be safe and just haven't been able to tell friends or family.
Rescue worker
"Just the desperation in the family members' voices that hadn't contacted their loved one for a few days was bad," he said. "Then we get on scene and find their family members and they have no food, no water, no power."
There was just one confirmed death so far in
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"There's a lot of work to be done still as far as the rescue and recovery goes," said Ruiz, whose organization still has 433 requests for help from family members looking for loved ones.
"We listened to voicemails we received overnight," he said, "and you can just hear in their voice their desperation, wanting to know if their family member is alive and well or if their family member has passed."
Melissa and
"Our hope was that he evacuated but nobody had heard from him," she said. "It's horrifying not knowing. It's scary. Seeing the pictures on the news makes it even scarier."
Emergency officials checked on him Thursday night and said he was there, but that was all the information they received. Rodney finally went in with a church group on Sunday and picked him up.
"It was a happy ending,"
During his visit to the devastated zone, Trump commended Republican Gov.
Some in the affected area were lukewarm about the president's visit.
About 5 miles from a neighborhood Trump visited, 57-year-old
"You want to see the president?" Vann asked her husband, Joseph, with a dismissive tone. "I ain't got time, unless he wants to help clean up."
"If this is just going to be another reality show, I don't think he should come," she added.
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