Hurricane Isaias recovery continues in Panhandle

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Recovery from Hurricane Isaias continues in the Florida Panhandle, with communities working to restore what was lost during the Category 2 storm.ABC7 First Alert meteorologist Mike Modrick spoke with WJHG meteorologist Emmett Rice about the recovery process. Rice is with Gray Media’s sister station in Panama City.Rice said coastal communities are continuing to deal with cleanup about two weeks after the storm.“We’re still tracking some coastal communities that are still, you know, having to deal with some of the cleanup,” Rice said.Rice said private residences are still working to repair storm damage.“Plenty of private residences are still trying to repair from the system,” Rice said. “So they certainly are still continuing to restore.”Rice said beach erosion and inundation have been reported in the Panhandle.“There has been a lot of beach erosion. We’ve seen a lot of inundation here in the Panhandle,” Rice said. “And it’s still basically a lot of the coastal co