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Tree rips through roof of Crestview family home during Hurricane Isaias

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Hailey Samples
Tree rips through roof of Crestview family home during Hurricane Isaias
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A family in Crestview, Florida, experienced significant home damage after a tree collapsed onto their roof during Hurricane Isaias. While the family and their pets escaped unharmed, they are now facing the challenge of rebuilding their home and recovering lost personal items.

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CRESTVIEW, Fla. -- For one Crestview family, Hurricane Isaias hit harder than expected. For Ashley Weeks and her family, the devastation is personal. A tree from their backyard split on top of their house, gutting their roof and bringing stormwater inside. The owner says they are from the area, but have only lived in this home for two years. Destruction from Hurricane Isaias stretched more than 30 miles inland from the coast. "Just scary, everything, my whole life is in the house," Weeks said. "We heard a loud like something, like a bomb went off in the house. It was so loud. And I got up and went and seen the tree through the roof and it was freaking out." The tree landed on the roof near her daughter's bedroom. What was once their ceiling is now just piles of wet debris in their living room and kitchen.

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