"ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Joan Galasso walked through the empty wreck of the waterfront seafood restaurant she and her husband started a quarter-century ago and was horrified.

Hurricane Matthew had ripped away the deck where tourists had gathered to eat, drink and watch the sun set. It had smashed through the windows and shoved one of the dining booths into the kitchen.

'It looks like a war zone,' Galasso, 63, said of her restaurant, Matanzas Innlet, located about 15 miles south of St. Augustine. 'It's a total loss.'

Galasso was one of millions of residents of the U.S. southeastern coast returning to homes and businesses hammered by the storm."

Scott Malone reports for Reuters October 9, 2016. [2]

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