Florida town of Steinhatchee hit with a one-two punch by hurricanes [Video]

STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Residents returned to this coastal town Friday morning to find their beloved businesses flattened, homes swept away and roads flooded, a little more than a year after another hurricane devastated the village.

Hurricane Helene roared ashore the day before with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, leaving residents in the community of 500 shaken and heartbroken.

“Every storm that we’ve had, it just keeps getting worse and worse,” said Susan Grant, 63, as she surveyed the damage outside her house on Friday.

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Her home was still standing, but rushing waters from Helene’s storm surge surpassed the 14-foot stilts it stands on and flooded the interior, ruining her furniture and sweeping away the entrance stairs.

While thankful she still had a home to return to, her longtime workplace and local landmark, Crabbie Dad’s Bar & Grill, …