WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. – The waves looked much better on Friday in Volusia County following Hurricane Helene.
County officials made several preparations before the storm made its way through the Gulf of Mexico including putting out a lot of these sandbags.
“We have no reports of any additional damage to the beaches we already had previous storms,” said Volusia County Emergency Management Director Clint Mecham.
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Volusia County emergency management says several ongoing restoration projects — like beach walkovers damaged by Hurricane Ian received minimal erosion or impacts.
“We have no reports of any significant damage debris on the ground. Beaches are back open. Votran is operating,” said Mecham.
Volusia County didn’t go completely unscathed. Mecham says crews responded to around 15,000 power outages Friday morning.
As of noon, they knocked those outages down to a third of that amount.
“We do have debris in the road. There are tree limbs down. You can see down powerlines again be very, very careful if you are out and about today, pay attention to that debris and slow down a little bit,” said Mecham.
Friday morning, several First Responders with Volusia County Fire Rescue and the Sheriff’s office were sent to help with search and rescue operations in Taylor County, which was heavily impacted by Hurricane Helene.
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