Fay bedevils Florida

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Fay bedevils Florida

MELBOURNE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay continued a slow, wet trudge across Florida for a fifth day Friday, prompting communities farther inland and on the state's Gulf coast to brace for what could be drenching rains.

Bill McCarty wades through a flooded street on St. Simons Island on Friday. A high tide and wind-driven waves from Tropical Storm Fay's northern end pushed water into the island's streets.

Thomas Clarke looks at what he called his "Firebird Boat" outside his flooded Third Street apartment on St. Simons Island.

Johnny Parker (left) and Lavern Smith of the Brunswick Public Works Department cut up a 40-foot water oak that fell on Wildwood Street on Friday morning.

Sarah Crosby (front), Carol Anne Fendig (middle) and Brooke Crosby watch the waves splashing over the rocks Friday at St. Simons Island's Neptune Park.

Wade Reaves leans into the wind from Tropical Storm Fay on St. Simons Island.

Waves crash over the rocks near St. Simons Island's Cedar Street beach access Friday. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said numerous loggerhead turtle nests were washed away by the flooding.

A large four-wheel drive vehicle helps evacuate residents and pets in Cocoa on Thursday.

Tropical Storm Fay continued a slow, wet trudge across Florida for a fifth day Friday, prompting communities farther inland and on the state's Gulf coast to brace for what could be drenching rain.

University of Florida students in Gainesville slide down a sheet of plastic covered in detergent Thursday.

Keira Dreiling, Crystal Ellis,and Greg Meyer make their way down a flooded street in Cocoa on Thursday.

Stan Kasyanov surveys flood waters surrounding his house left by Tropical Storm Fay in the Lamplighter Village in Melbourne.

Parts of Lamplighter Village in Melbourne, remain under water Friday.

arts of Lamplighter Village in Melbourne, Fla. remain under flood waters.

Brevard Deputy Sheriff Tygh Freeman escorts a resident of the Lamplighter Village in Melbourne, Fla. back to his car after refusing him permission to return to his home because the area was flooded.

Water gushes from a manhole in a neighborhood along McCoy Creek, in Jacksonville.

Eedie O'Kane hugs one of the cats she rescued from her mother's flooded home in Melbourne.

An pedestrian makes do with a broken umbrella as Tropical Storm Fay floods the area in Jacksonville, Fla.

A front end loader moves dirt to build a dike to stop flooding around a parking lot at Florida Hospital in Orange City, Fla.

Karen Lamantia paddles a canoe down the street in Melbourne.

Eric Edwards fishes along the sea wall under the Fuller Warren Bridge and the Northbank Riverwalk, Friday in Jacksonville, Fla.

Work crews drop fill dirt over a temporary barricade to keep rain rain water from Tropical Storm Fay off a road in Debary, Fla.

A vehicle sits abandoned partially submerged in floodwaters in Jacksonville.

Dean Munson stands in the flooded Florida room of his mobile home in Melbourne.

Mark Nelson, left, his wife Cindy and son Cory, walk to dry land after helping a resident, who was flooded out by Tropical Storm Fay, move some furniture in Debary, Fla.

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Bill McCarty wades through a flooded street on St. Simons Island on Friday. A high tide and wind-driven waves from Tropical Storm Fay's northern end pushed water into the island's streets.

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