Drone footage shows a woman being rescued in Florida after her car began to be swept away by floodwaters caused by Hurricane Debbie.
The shocking footage was captured Tuesday along a road in Parish, southwest Florida, as Manatee County officials surveyed damage from a storm that had passed through the area the previous day.
“It’s rapids, man,” Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge could be heard telling a 911 dispatcher after the driver of the SUV was seen being pulled out of the car window and carried to safety.
The footage begins with the driver’s car stalling as he attempts to cross a heavily flooded road.
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A woman is rescued from an SUV trapped in floodwaters in Parrish, Florida, on Tuesday, August 6, in the aftermath of Hurricane Debbie. (Manatee County)
The SUV then begins to drift backwards in the fast-moving water.
A person then approached the vehicle, which was up to their waist in water, and pulled the woman from the car, after which two others assisted him and carried her further out to a truck.
Drone footage shows an SUV trying to cross a heavily flooded road in Southwest Florida. (Manatee County)
“While assessing the damage, Manatee County officials (Manatee County Public Safety Director Jody Fisk, Chief of Staff Andy Butterfield, Drone Pilot Stuart Shinn, Deputy County Administrator Brian Parnell, County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge and Manatee County Commission Chairman Mike Rahn) and a good Samaritan observed a vehicle driving through the rising waters,” Manatee County said in a statement.
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In Parrish, Florida, multiple people rushed to help a trapped driver. (Manatee County)
“Remember: turn around, don’t drown,” he added.
Debby has now become a tropical storm and is centered near South Carolina on Thursday.
The storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane. According to FOX Weather.
The woman was eventually escorted to a vehicle waiting farther away in the parish. (Manatee County)
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At least five people died FOX Weather added that storms in Florida and Georgia were to blame.
