SARASOTA – City of North Port residents are continuing to deal with the severe flooding caused in part by Elsa’s arrival to the Suncoast.
It’s been nearly a week since Elsa left her mark on the City of North Port – causing severe flooding in different parts of the city.
And officials report slowly but surely water levels are continuing to decline. But more rain from Saturday nights showers added a little more than an inch of rain to the already saturated ground.
“I wasn’t expecting this at all – I mean I go out to the creek a lot,” said Shannon Powell. “And I last time I was out there it was ankle deep.”
However, officials say current waters levels are lower than before Saturday evenings storm. Though flood waters are receding some residents are still left in limbo of when they’ll be able to return home.
“I wish that over the weekend there was a number we could’ve called to get a water taxi or something – because I didn’t realize it was gonna take this long,” she said.
Officials say at this rate, it could take up to a week for flood waters to start receding in neighborhoods under feet of water.
However, more showers are in the forecast for the start of the week meaning it’ll be weeks before residents can expect to the Myakkahatchee Creek back to normal.
