Eye on the Tropics

Hurricane Irma: No end in sight for some Seminole County residents dealing with flooding

Lake Harney is usually 200 feet away from Steve Wright’s Geneva home, but since Hurricane Irma hit in September, his backyard has become part of the lake.
Some residents along Fort Lane Road have to park their cars down the street because they can’t get them to their homes.
The situation remains dire as more rain is on the way and coastal Volusia and northern Brevard counties are under a flood watch.

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If the area gets much more rain, Wright worried that the floodwaters could do even more damage.
“Yeah, it’s halfway under my porch,” he said of the water. “You know, if it came up two more feet it would be in the house.”
Wright has lived next to Lake Harney for 20 years and said he knows flooding comes with the territory.

Photos: Flooding from Irma in Kissimmmee 55+ community

This situation, though, is months from being over, he said.
“You know, you’re talking about February before this water’s gone, if it doesn’t rain between here and there,” he said.