Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack reported from Treasure Island, Florida, on Oct. 7, where large piles of debris still lined the streets from Helene's damage just days before Milton's landfall.
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00:00I am here on Treasure Island, Florida, on the west coast of Florida Peninsula, just
00:06west of Tampa, and it is an incredible, unbelievable, sad scene here on Treasure Island.
00:16You can see behind me piles and piles of debris on the road, and this is the scene all across
00:23Treasure Island.
00:25But homes and businesses all along Treasure Island are gutted out with debris everywhere
00:32along the road and giant piles of sand because they were just recently impacted by Hurricane
00:37Helene, a major hurricane that hit further to the north near Perry, Florida.
00:41But I have never seen, in all my years of chasing, a scene like this where devastation
00:46has occurred recently, and yet another major hurricane is coming, it's making its way to
00:53this location here, making landfall on Wednesday, late on Wednesday.
00:58And it's going to be already a strong, powerful storm that causes problems.
01:02You know, when a major hurricane comes through, that wind will send debris flying, but it
01:07takes time for it to rip that debris free.
01:09But here on Treasure Island, there's just piles and piles of debris, missiles about
01:17to be tossed likely into the buildings here on Treasure Island, causing even more immense
01:22damage, including the potential for devastating surge flooding here on Treasure Island.
01:27It's an apocalyptic scene here, something that I have never seen before.
01:33Aaron Jayjack reporting for AccuWeather, Treasure Island, Florida, tracking major hurricane
01:38known.