How the country’s oldest city weathered Hurricane Matthew

Name: How the country’s oldest city weathered Hurricane Matthew
Uploaded: 2016-10-10T23:33:37Z
Duration: P298S
Description: To get a sense of the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, Hari Sreenivasan traveled to St. Augustine, Florida. The city, billed as the oldest in the country, was devastated by last week's storm. We tour one of its hardest-hit areas, where sewage litters the streets and residents were just allowed back on Saturday. As for the city as a whole, only half its residents were able to evacuate.

Clip: 10/10/2016 | 4m 58s

To get a sense of the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew, Hari Sreenivasan traveled to St. Augustine, Florida. The city, billed as the oldest in the country, was devastated by last week's storm. We tour one of its hardest-hit areas, where sewage litters the streets and residents were just allowed back on Saturday. As for the city as a whole, only half its residents were able to evacuate.

Aired: 10/10/16

Rating: NR

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