Debris from Helene is stacked in mounds on the streets of Sarasota as the city now braces for Milton

In Sarasota, Florida, refrigerators, mattresses, and even dressers are stacked high on the side of the road.

Hurricane Helene, a powerful and deadly storm that slammed into the state less than two weeks ago, is the cause of the piles of debris that people have left behind in their homes. Earlier on Tuesday, city officials informed CNN that they are rushing to remove it from the street before Hurricane Milton, another significant storm, is anticipated to make a direct impact on Sarasota.

When Milton lands, it can be risky to have debris of this kind on the streets. Officials are concerned that it will either become projectiles that strike other homes or even people or float through the city in the floodwaters.

A woman who lives on the island of Siesta Key off the coast of Sarasota told CNN's Randi Kaye that she and her husband lost all of their belongings in Hurricane Helene and will have to tear down their house because the walls contain mold. According to KT Curran, their property was flooded by a five-foot storm surge, and her husband, who was there to weather the storm, was forced to sit on top of the neighbor's house.

Curan revealed to CNN that she is surviving Milton in a friend's condo on the ninth floor now that another storm is targeting her community, which has already been severely damaged.

She stated, "It seems like maybe Helene was just a practice for what’s to come." In 100 years, none of us have witnessed anything like this. It shocks me.