May 1, 2014

The worst floods in decades deluged roads and engulfed homes and cars in Florida’s Panhandle and coastal Alabama on Wednesday, the latest mayhem created by a tornado-packing storm system that has killed at least 34 people this week. Photos and text by Reuters.

: Officials look at the washed out area of Scenic Hwy 90 after heavy rains and flooding damage in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Rob Jernigan takes a photo while checking on a friends house in the Springdale Forest Subdivision in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Charles Davidson (no shirt) and his friend Jeremy Goodwin (back) help neighbors to safety off Kelly Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Damage due to flash flooding is seen along Johnson Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Damage due to flash flooding is seen along Johnson Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Residents of Forest Creek Apartments are rescued after heavy flooding in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Residents of Forest Creek Apartments are rescued after heavy flooding in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Bruce Woerner and his daughter Kelly Woerner walk to dry land in their Kelly Ave. Basin neighborhood after heavy rain in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Winnie Bunting is carried to an ambulance after being rescued from her flooded home in the Kelly Ave Basin area of Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Residents look at the washed out area of Scenic Hwy 90 after heavy rains and flooding damage in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Train rails are washed out along Scenic Hwy 90 after heavy rains and flooding damage in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Charles Davidson and Jeremy Goodwin (back) use their boat to rescue Michelle Roper and her dog Charlee from her home off Kelly Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Fire Rescue personel look for residents along Kelly Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Charles Davidson helps to rescue Michelle Roper and her dog Charlee from her home off Kelly Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Rescue personal help residents out of flooding along Kelly Ave. in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Charles Davidson helps his neighbors Millie Jones and Winnie Bunting during flooding in the Kelly Ave. Basin area of Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Residents wait for help after flooding in the Kelly Ave. Basin area of Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Charles Davidson helps his neighbor Santonio Coleman, 11, from his flooded home in the Kelly Ave. Basin area of Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Residents survey flood damage to the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Florida Governor Rick Scott surveys flood damage to the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Jaymond Allison surveys flood damage to the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: Florida Governor Rick Scott surveys flood damage to the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: A submerged car sits in the driveway in the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: A flood-damaged vehicle sits next to a road after flash flooding in the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

: A vehicle is left partially submerged after flash flooding in the Cordova Park neighborhood in Pensacola, Fla., on April 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger)

Major flooding hits Florida Panhandle, coastal Alabama

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