Drone Footage Shows Devastation In Pinellas County, Florida After Hurricane Helene

Drone footage on Sunday showed the devastation in Pinellas County, Florida.

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[phillippac.]

It's weird how the hurricane was worse the farther inland it got. Hurricanes usually dissipate over land.

[Markhope-ez]

I used to live there.This has happening before several times. When you live on the coastline this is going to happen. And I don't want to hear the climate change bull crap.

[jillurban]

Dear God, have mercy and rebuild for these people, please dear God in Jesus name I pray God 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[lonnasmith]

700 NATO guard men just deployed to the middle east they won't be here for all the people that need them here they will be gone for a year how convenient scary

[CHAZZ-ik]

THIS IS THAT FINE PRINT YOU FAILED TO READ. THERE'S A SECARET FOR LIVING IN PARIDICE. THIS IS IT.DANGER 💐 RIP 🙏

[laurajenkins]

So sad all the devastation after this hurricane up and down the east coast 😢

[patriciaryan]

I'm praying for those who had damages due to this storm 🙏

[sandrahamilton-kbyu]

God bless all of the people in the wake of hurricane Helene from the deaths and the devastation it left behind. Sorry for your loss. In Jesus name I pray. Amen ❤️🙏❤️

[charlieparker]

Not trying to in ANYWAY downplay the damage and lose of life, but this is what hurricanes do. Hugo, Katrina, even some of the "smaller ones" if they sit and spin that dump feet of water on places and create tons of damage. Helena sat in the gulf and sent wave after wave of rain into FL, GA, SC, NC, and TN. The infrastructure in this country needs an overhaul in the worst way imaginable, but we're sending billions each day all over the world while our own people struggle immeasurably.

[weggman]

Honestly? It's somehow simultaneously not as bad and worse than I expected.

[claudettedunn]

I lived there for five years on Clearwater Beach and I never once saw anything like this..God bless you folks. That's a very disturbing paradise..😢so sorry for you all 😢❤

[AH-clfh]

I just hope Mahuffers is okay and will open soon.

[dennisengland]

May God bless and reach down to help the all of these poor American citizens

[geoms]

why do they build so close to the sea?

[josephpiskac]

In the 1970s professional engineers warned that these areas should not be developed. All construction needs to be hardened for extreme weather events.

[marcuswithac]

This footage doesn’t show how bad it really is. The police still have all the exits in and out blocked off. There’s no gasoline in the whole town now. Never seen devastation this bad before

[HenrietteDrennan-xgvj]

Thus is very sad hope residents recover

[haroldsanteliz]

It’s amazing, nothing happened in Miami and Fort Laurerdale, and it hurts to see the horrendous damage in other States and other cities, this is very sad .

[bbouc]

doesn't appear to be much damage, with the exception of all the sand in the streets but I would imagine that is as common as snow is in Wisconsin

[SammyJam-wd]

This is what happens when you build in coastal areas. Wealthy investors will just rebuild and charge ridiculous amounts to live there.