10-Foot Alligator Swims Flooded Streets After Hurricane Sally

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Hurricanes bring on a number of risks in addition to the storm itself. In the aftermath of a hurricane people need to exercise caution in and around floodwaters, hazardous debris, watch out for downed power lines that could potentially be live, and sometimes even be on the lookout for massive alligators.

A video shared on social media showed an estimated 10-to-12-foot gator swimming through floodwaters near a Gulf Shores home after Hurricane Sally came ashore Wednesday morning.

And that wasn’t the only gator spotted. Another Florida resident sent in a photo he captured showing a displaced gator outside of his home.

Wednesday morning September 16, 2020, around 4:45 a.m. CDT, the Category 2 hurricane made landfall near the Florida-Alabama line with winds over 100 mph. The rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water as it slowly made its way inland.

As of now, thousands are left without power near coastal areas of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle region. The metropolitan areas of Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, which have a combined population of almost 1 million were hit especially hard.

Sally has since weakened to a tropical storm but residents are already preparing for the four more storms that are expected to follow.

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