Hurricane victims queue up for food and water

RELIEF workers fanned out across Florida and Alabama yesterday to hand out ice, water and meals to frustrated victims of Hurricane Ivan who faced another day digging through debris and waiting in lines as tempers began to flare.

Days after Florida’s third deadly storm in weeks, some residents demanded to return to neighbourhoods along coastal areas that had been evacuated and sealed off.

“They won’t even let me go in there and look for my underwear,” said Roy Butgereit, who gathered with other residents of the Grande Lagoon Lake subdivision southwest of Pensacola and pleaded for deputies to let them check their homes.