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Aerial video shows wrath of Hurricane Ian on Daytona Beach shores

Aerial video shows wrath of Hurricane Ian on Daytona Beach shores
HEY, STU. SO WE ARE SEEING SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HERE ALONG THE SHORELINE HERE IN DAYTONA SHORES. I WANT TO TAKE YOU A LOOK HERE. LOOK AT A SHOPPING CENTER. NOT ONLY WAS THE WAVES AGAINST THE BEACH, BUT THE WINDS HAVE JUST BEEN INTENSE. I KNOW WE SAW 81, 82 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS AT THE AIRPORT. I GOT TO THINK THAT THE WINDS WERE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER HERE RIGHT AGAINST THE OCEAN, BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT ROOF COMPLETELY RIPPED. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SPOT WHERE WE’VE BEEN SEEING DAMAGE. WE’VE SEEN PLENTY OF HOTELS WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL. A LOOK, THE SEAWALL THE SEAWALL HAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED IN INTO THE INTO THE BEACH. AND THAT EROSION AHEAD OF IT HAS BEEN DRAINING POOLS. WE’VE BEEN SEEING A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TRYING TAKE A LOOK AND TRY TO ASSESS THAT DAMAGE. SEEMS A LITTLE UNSAFE IN SOME THESE SPOTS BECAUSE THE WHILE THE BLACKTOP THERE SEEMS TO BE SOLID UNDERNEATH IT. WE’VE BEEN SEEING JUST AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THAT HAS BEEN JUST BEING PULLED AWAY VERY CLOSE THERE TO THAT POOL AS WELL. SOME OF THESE IF WE ZOOM IN THERE, KIRBY THAT THAT STAIRCASE THERE IT LOOKS LIKE THE STAIRCASES ARE ALMOST FLOATING OVER THE BEACH LINE. AGAIN, THE CONCRETE THERE IS STILL THERE. BUT THE OCEAN WATER HAS JUST BEEN REALLY JUST ERODING THIS AWAY. AGAIN, ALL ALONG THIS AREA HERE ON THE SIDE NEAR DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, WE’VE JUST BEEN SEEING SOME ROOF DAMAGE, PLENTY OF SHINGLE DAMAGE AS WELL. WE’VE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THESE, AGAIN, HOTELS WITH, JUST THE ROOFS COMPLETELY GONE IN SOME SPOTS AND ALONG WITH SOME SHOPPING CENTERS, AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS ALL THIS DAMAGE ALONG THE BEACH, UP AND DOWN THE SHORELINE. THIS IS NOT WHERE WE’VE BEEN SEEING. WIDESPREAD FLOODING LIKE WE’VE SEEN. BUT AGAIN, JUST THE EROSION AND THE WIND DAMAGE HERE HAS BEEN QUITE. REPORTIN
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Aerial video shows wrath of Hurricane Ian on Daytona Beach shores
Aerial video shows devastation on Daytona Beach, Florida, in the wake of Hurricane Ian. From the skies Friday afternoon, video shows widespread beach erosion and wind damage. Winds ripped roofing and shingles off of shopping centers and hotels, and sea walls collapsed into the beach. Watch aerial video in the player above. Intense winds ravaged the Daytona Beach area Wednesday into Thursday. Gusts of 81-82 mph were reported at the airport, but pockets could have seen gusts even higher. The powerful storm, estimated to be one of the costliest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S., it has terrorized people for much of the week — pummeling western Cuba and raking across Florida before gathering strength in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean to curve back and strike South Carolina.Ian left a broad swath of destruction in Florida, flooding areas on both of its coasts, tearing homes from their slabs, demolishing beachfront businesses and leaving more than 2 million people without power.

Aerial video shows devastation on Daytona Beach, Florida, in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

From the skies Friday afternoon, video shows widespread beach erosion and wind damage. Winds ripped roofing and shingles off of shopping centers and hotels, and sea walls collapsed into the beach.

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Watch aerial video in the player above.

Intense winds ravaged the Daytona Beach area Wednesday into Thursday. Gusts of 81-82 mph were reported at the airport, but pockets could have seen gusts even higher.

The powerful storm, estimated to be one of the costliest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S., it has terrorized people for much of the week — pummeling western Cuba and raking across Florida before gathering strength in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean to curve back and strike South Carolina.

Ian left a broad swath of destruction in Florida, flooding areas on both of its coasts, tearing homes from their slabs, demolishing beachfront businesses and leaving more than 2 million people without power.