Update on the flooding win North Port, with waters continuing to rise and rain in the forecast
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
City of North Port
Overnight, waters continued to rise in impacted areas of the City. Currently, we do not have any confirmed water in living areas of homes. In the past 12 hours, roughly a half a dozen vehicles were stuck in high water, needing rescue crews to come assist. Three individuals utilized the City’s emergency center at one point or another. Our sandbag station at the George Mullen Activity Center was heavily used. It is currently being replenished.
Water gauges to our north, near State Road 72, have topped off and are currently lowering. It could still take until Sunday for those impacts to be felt here in
North Port. We’re hopeful the water will move laterally between ditches, and not up, into homes. We’re asking that roads in the area stay to local traffic and that people respect the fact that water could be pushed into homes from the wake of vehicles. Emergency crews will need to access the areas. We will do what we can to reduce the impact as much as possible.
This morning the Region 6 strike team was deployed. It includes members from nearby government agencies. It includes high water vehicles and boats. Photos attached.
Today the American Red Cross is helping to operate the emergency center at the Morgan at 6207 W Price Blvd.
There is some rain forecasted for our area this afternoon and throughout the weekend.
Please help promote the call line for those seeking flooding info at 941-429-7169 until 7pm or www.cityofnorthport.com/alerts