Launched WEDNESDAY January 9, 2019 on www.zReportage.com Story #691: ALL THAT IS BROKEN - Hurricane Michael After 2 Months by Monica Herndon/Tampa Bay Times for ZUMA Press: STORY SYNOPSIS In ruins, Panama City faces all that is broken two months after Hurricane Michael. Michael struck the Florida panhandle as a category 4 storm over two months ago. Panama City and the surrounding areas are still reeling. The storm left 90 percent of structures damaged or destroyed and FEMA estimates that it produced 25 million cubic yards of debris. For comparison, Hurricane Irma produced only 2 million cubic yards of debris. Only 40 FEMA trailers have so far been erected, although about 1,500 have been approved in areas hit by the storm. Two regional hospitals remain largely shuttered and nursing homes and rehab centers closed. With half the schools damaged, students share campuses on split schedules, with the youngest start as early as 6 a.m. Cable and internet service is still mostly down.
© Story of the Week : Launched WEDNESDAY January 9, 2019 on www.zReportage.com Story #691: ALL THAT IS BROKEN - Hurricane Michael After 2 Months by Monica Herndon/Tampa Bay Times for ZUMA Press: STORY SYNOPSIS In ruins, Panama City faces all that is broken two months after Hurricane Michael. Michael struck the Florida panhandle as a category 4 storm over two months ago. Panama City and the surrounding areas are still reeling. The storm left 90 percent of structures damaged or destroyed and FEMA estimates that it produced 25 million cubic yards of debris. For comparison, Hurricane Irma produced only 2 million cubic yards of debris. Only 40 FEMA trailers have so far been erected, although about 1,500 have been approved in areas hit by the storm. Two regional hospitals remain largely shuttered and nursing homes and rehab centers closed. With half the schools damaged, students share campuses on split schedules, with the youngest start as early as 6 a.m. Cable and internet service is still mostly down.
December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - Roofs damaged during Hurricane Michael are seen on buildings in Massalina Memorial Homes on December 4, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. All residents of the complex were asked to relocate even though some units suffered minimal damage.
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December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - LATOYA JACKSON tickles her son Benny, 11 months old, in front of her apartment at Massalina Memorial Homes on December 4, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. Jackson rode out Hurricane Michael in a closet in her two-bedroom apartment with her two kids. Everyone in the complex was asked to relocate even though some units suffered minimal damage. Jackson could not afford to leave.
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December 3, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - Hurricane Michael debris lines 11th Court in Panama City, Fla. on December 3, 2018. According to FEMA, Hurricane Michael produced about 25 million cubic yards of debris.
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December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - NAKYAH WILLIAMS, 9, hands her little brother, D'MONDRE MIMMS, 4, their cat named Tiger at their apartment in Massalina Memorial Homes on December 4, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. Tiger ran in to their home after Hurricane Michael.
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December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - The bedroom of Nakyah Williams, 9, in Massalina Memorial Homes was damaged when the ceiling fell in during Hurricane Michael, photographed on December 4, 2018 in Panama City, Fla.
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December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - LATOYA JACKSON talks to a reporter in front of her apartment at Massalina Memorial Homes on December 4, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. Jackson rode out Hurricane Michael in a closet in her two-bedroom apartment with her two kids. Everyone in the complex was asked to relocate even though some units suffered minimal damage. Jackson cannot afford to leave.
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December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - Apartment buildings damaged by Hurricane Michael in the Massalina Memorial Homes complex on December 4, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. All residents were asked to relocate even though some units suffered minimal damage.
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December 5, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - Inside Doris and Cole Elliott's rental home where the roof was lost during Hurricane Michael, photographed on December 5, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. The family was living in an RV in the driveway.
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December 7, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - A tent city sprouted up in the parking lot of Forest Park United Methodist Church in Panama City, Fla. following Hurricane Michael. On December 7, 2018 there were still people living there, but it has since closed.
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December 5, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - JIM RENO, an unofficial camp leader, walks through the tent city that sprung up in the parking lot at Forest Park United Methodist Church on December 5, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. Many of the people living there were out of town workers who couldn't afford to leave, though there were also Panama City residents who didn't have other options. The tent city has since shut down.
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December 5, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - MARY THOMAS takes a break from cleaning up at the tent city that sprung up in the parking lot at Forest Park United Methodist Church on December 5, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. The tent city has since shut down.
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December 6, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - A menorah made from Hurricane Michael debris on display in Michael Overend's yard on December 6, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. Overend's home was damaged during Hurricane Michael so he moved into an RV in his driveway with his family while work was being completed. Overend rode out the storm in his home and said he would never do it again.
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December 6, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - MICHAEL OVEREND looks at his dog Mufasa, as CAYDEN DOTSON, 8, sits nearby on December 6, 2018 in Panama City, Fla. Overend's home was damaged during Hurricane Michael so he moved into an RV in his driveway with his family while work was being completed. Overend rode out the storm in his home and said he would never do it again.
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December 7, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - Downed trees in Panama City, on December 7, 2018.
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December 4, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - A home damaged in Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla. seen on December 4, 2018.
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December 7, 2018 - Parker, Florida, U.S. - A collapsed structure on South Tyndall Parkway on December 7, 2018 in Parker, near Panama City, Fla.
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December 6, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - ELEANOR BURROSS, 81 cleans up debris on the street in front of her home in Panama City, Fla. on December 6, 2018.
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December 6, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - A damaged piano and sheet music are seen in piles of Hurricane Michael debris at First Presbyterian Church in Panama City, Fla. on December 6, 2018.
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December 7, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - A boat left on dry ground after Hurricane Michael on December 7, 2018 in Panama City, Fla.
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December 7, 2018 - Panama City, Florida, U.S. - Before Hurricane Michael, The Cove, a neighborhood in Panama City, Fla. was defined by its lush tree canopy. Photographed on December 7, 2018.
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