Storm Departs, Leaves Behind a Flooded East Coast

The slow-moving storm system that brought deadly tornadoes and flooding across the South is finally sliding out to sea. But the aftermath of the massive storm system remains, with serious flooding from New York to Florida.

Now, residents are left to clean up the mess left behind.

"This was worse than Sandy. I felt it was much worse than Sandy," Lisa Ringstone said, recalling the 2012 hurricane that slammed into the East Coast. "Water from my basement was coming up the stairway. It's horrible."

In the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama, floodwaters washed out roads, swept away homes, and caused an estimated $100 million in damage.

"I feel like I'm living on Mars," Pensacola resident Stella Gross said. "This was my lawn. Somewhere under here is my lawn."

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CBN's Operation Blessing is hoping to provide residents with some answers.

"Operation Blessing mobilized volunteers here in Pensacola, Florida, after the severe weather caused major flash flooding," the aid group's director, Dan Moore, said.

"We have volunteers in the community," he continued. "We have volunteers who have been helping the Hunter family that received three feet of water."

Pensacola resident Tony Hunter said, "I'm not a young man anymore so if I'd had to face this on my own it'd be pretty difficult."

"The Body of Christ is supposed to be there for each other, and you guys are," Hunter added.

The storms that caused so much flooding in places like Pensacola were part of the same storm system that generated deadly tornadoes across much of the South.

Operation Blessing teams in Tupelo, Mississippi, are clearing fallen trees and other debris from a tornado that hit lower income areas.

Meanwhile, new details are emerging about the tornado that struck Vilonia, Arkansas. The National Weather Service said the EF-4 twister was on the ground for a whopping 41 miles and was responsible for 15 deaths.