Hermine strengthened into a powerful Category 1 storm with sustained winds above 80 miles an hour, becoming the state’s first hurricane in nearly 11 years. North Florida scrambled to cope with the aftermath, a storm that toppled countless trees, flooded homes and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of people. Cedar Key experiences street flooding as Hurricane Hermine passes by the Gulf of Mexico in Fla., Sept. 1, 2016. Shannon Sykes, co-owner of 83 West, vacuums up water

For decades, Seahorse Key has been a protected way station for nesting bird colonies. Thousands of brown pelicans, little blue herons, roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, and cormorants would gather along the 150-acre mangrove-covered dune off Florida's Gulf Coast. However, the birds mysteriously disappeared last year on April 20, leaving behind eggs and an eerie silence. Since then, the bird disappearance has taken a toll on the snakes - who would once feast on fish remnants t