The Brief
- Pinellas County leaders recently started handing out the first of several checks to help residents rebuild and recover from Hurricanes Idalia, Helene and Milton.
- The money is from an $813 million federal grant.
- Pinellas residents can apply on the county’s website.
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. – Hurricane Helene’s storm surge tore through the streets as Sherri Evans and her daughter could only watch in horror from her daughter’s second-story apartment on Treasure Island.
“We could see the water coming in, and it got really scary,” Evans said. “The next morning it was just devastation.”
Four and a half feet of water flooded her building down the block, but Evans said she considers herself lucky living on the second floor. She was able to move back in a couple of weeks.…