arkansas river itself. it goes all the way down through oklahoma as well. it is also causing some big concerns, going back into its banks in this particular spot, but again, causing problems in other places. to give you a sense of how high the water was, dana, look at the debris line, all of the sticks, the leaves, that s how high it came up in this grass. upstream for us, the army corps of engineers releasing controlled releases of water, to take pressure off a major dam in this region. the levees have held as well, but the water is putting extra pressure on them, so no one is letting their guards down, despite blue skies. we continue to keep focus on the levee system. just because we had one good night from a weather standpoint does not mean that we re going to be complacent in any way on this.
reference. to my right is the high water line. we are near the apalachicola river and behind me there are all kinds of fishing industries. that is oyster develshells. that debris line is where the high water line occurred. seven feet in this area officially. we witnessed submerged vehicles. one of which was picked up by the receding storm surge and brought about two to three blocks behind me. there it is. that white truck. we saw that in a live shot about 12 hours ago during the peak of hurricane michael. lots to talk about. what you can t see directly behind me is highway 98. the major thoroughfare through the panhandle of florida. many of the bridges and cau causeways connecting apalachicola to tallahassee are closed according to the officials. power is out. communications completely out across the area making it difficult for the residents who
americans were dead, 6,000 of them right here in galveston. it is still to this day the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history. a horrible event commemorated by this poignant statue on the galveston seawall. when the storm passed, dazed survivors emerge to a galveston they could not recognize. city streets filled with mounds of rubble. the degree from the houses and property and animals acmulated during the course of the storm became a wall of debris that protected the northern part of the island from the rest of the storm and water. we know that that debris line extended for maybe 2 miles and at some places as much is two stories in height. jon: galveston only is dug through the rubble desperately searching for survivors, but they found only bodies. among them ten catholic nuns and 90 orphans still tied together, only three of the st. mary s orphans survived the storm.
galveston. it is still to this day the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history.ig a horrible event commemorated by this poignant statue on the galveston seawall. when the storm passed, dazed survivors emerged to a galveston they could not recognize. city streets filled with mounds of rubble. the debris from the houses and property and animals accumulated during the course of the storm became a wall ofer debris that protected the northern part of the island from the rest of the storm and water. we know that that debris line extended for maybe 2 miles and at some places was much as two stories in height. jon: galvestonians dug through the rubble desperately searching for survivors, but they found only bodies. among them ten catholic nuns and 90 orphans still tied together, only three of the st. mary s orphans survived the storm. i often think about what they would have experienced walking
i want to know why this is true. behind me, this house did not get impacted, but you can see the debris line and the dock that was ruined and washed up on this gentlemen s driveway and you can see the debris that made it up from halfway along his individual yard. this is the scene from gulfport eastward. we have bulldozers and dump trucks clearing the sand that was brought in by the force of the ocean. that storm surge piled up all this debris across the area and the clean up for the roads continues to stretch along. it s difficult to drive on highway 90. that important roadway that was damaged so heavily from hurricane katrina back in 2005. more of the same this time. the water level didn t get as high, but still bad enough to give these residents behind me a fright. the clean up continues here. it will take at least another couple of days to restore things