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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1985
Page
12
The report outlines mild conditions with low to mid 70s or upper 60s to 90s across regions. Fair nights, partly cloudy afternoons with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers. Temperatures range from mid 60s to low 90s with lighter coastal winds.
Gulf Shores Alabama and surrounding areas recover from Hurricane Elena as residents assess damage to homes. Winds near 122 mph ripped roofs from houses and toppled utility poles while Dauphin Island residents note extensive devastation. Officials estimate Gulf Shores boardwalk damage at 200000 to 300000 dollars and shelters shelter over 26000 people in 115 sites across 27 counties.
Armed guardsmen and state troopers patrol the coast as Biloxi Gulfport Pascagoula and Ocean Springs impose a curfew from 8 PM to dawn. The storm, blamed for three Florida deaths, caused widespread damage with Dauphin Island and Pascagoula taking the hardest hits. Officials estimate losses near two billion dollars with outages trees and shattered windows across Mobile County and nearby areas.
Elena spared Florida the worst, with 125 mph winds and flooding but limited deaths. Officials cited million evacuees and damage in Pinellas, Escambia and Apalachicola areas while Cedar Key and Pensacola reported impacts to homes, businesses, and oyster industry prospects.
A new phase of Kilauea eruption sent lava fountains up to 100 feet and a flow extending over a mile southeast from the Puʻu ʻŌʻō vent. Officials said no immediate threat to life or property, though Royal Gardens subdivision has suffered previous lava damage totaling about $4 million.
Four white men allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 25 year old Augusta woman near Little Tavern in North Augusta around 3 a.m. Saturday. The woman identified all four men and one suspect was charged with disorderly conduct in Augusta recorder's court.
Forecasters track Elena from Aug 26 as a tropical disturbance accelerating to 35 mph. By Aug 29 it reaches hurricane status with 75 mph winds and a warning from Morgan City to Pensacola. Evacuations spread across Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana as the storm nears Cedar Key and Biloxi before dissipating.
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