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'It's pure hell'
Thousands still without housing months after Hurricane Michael
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Diahnn "Shelly" Summers, right, embraces Lori Hogan, who is currently living in a tent in Summers' backyard months after Hurricane Michael hit, in Youngstown, Fla., in this Jan. 23, 2019, photo. "This is the first time I've felt comfortable since the hurricane," said Hogan. "This is home for me, and I love it." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A small village of the forgotten has popped up in Diahnn "Shelly" Summers' backyard outside Panama City. Where there once was empty grass abutting woods, 10 tents now encircle a fir tree with Christmas lights.
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