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THEY HAVE STOLEN FROM THE STORE
BEFORE.
PARTS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY THAT
SAW HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING FOR
TWO DAYS WERE SPARED TODAY.
THE DRY WEATHER ALLOWING THE
WATER TO RECEDE AND RESIDENTS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP.
COMMUNITIES FROM NEW SMYRNA
BEACH TO ORMOND BEACH WERE
IMPACTED.
WESH 2'S CLAIRE METZ IS LIVE
IN THE SLEEPY HOLLOW
SUBDIVISION.
IN PORT ORANGE ALONE, DAMAGE IS
ESTIMATED AT ONE-AND-A-HALF
MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY'RE
STILL ASSESSING IT.
THEY REALLY ARE, MEREDITH.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS DOLLAR
AMOUNT IS SKYROCKETING EVERY DAY
BECAUSE OF THIS ENTIRE EVENT.
OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY DAMAGE LIKE
YOU SEE BEHIND ME.
ALSO FOLKS MISSING WORK TO DO
THEIR CLEAN UP.
FIRST RESPONDERS STILL OUT THERE
WORKING OVERTIME.
THAT'S OF COURSE WHAT A DELUGE
WILL DO.
WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE WATER
TO DROP BELOW THE DOOR SO WE
COULD PUSH THE WATER OUT.
RICHARD JONES AND HIS YOUNG
FAMILY ARE RENTING THIS HOUSE ON
CHURCH STREET IN PORT ORANGE.
BUT JONES DID MUCH THE
RENOVATION WORK.
NOW HIS BRAND-NEW FLOORING SITS
IN RUINED PILES OUTSIDE AFTER
WATER RUSHED INTO THE HOUSE
EARLY YESTERDAY AS THEY SLEPT
I STEPPED OUT OF BED AND I
THOUGHT IT WAS WATER FROM MY
DRINK ON THE NIGHT STAND AND IT
WAS PROBABLY TWO INCHES IN THE
WHOLE HOUSE FLOODED.
HOURS OF HEAVY RAIN LEFT
WAIST DEEP WATER WITH NOWHERE TO
GO, SOAKING STREETS.
WHEN THEY COULDN'T CONTAIN IT,
RUNNING INTO HOMES.
IT BUILD UP ON THE OUTSIDE
AND NEVER WENT AWAY.
ALBERT SAYS FLOODWATER RUINED
THREE ROOMS IN HIS HOUSE.
AND HE CAN ALREADY SEE THE FIRST
SIGNS OF MOLD.
WENT FROM UNDER THE HOUSE AND
DIDN'T NEVER LEAVE.
ROTTED ALL THE WOOD FLOORS AND
EVERYTHING.
DAMAGED PROPERTY IS PILING UP
OUTSIDE.
THE DEHUMIDIFIERS WORKING
INSIDE.
BUT THE COST OF REPAIRS WILL BE
PRO VOS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE
INSURANCE.
DANIELLE STEVENSON WILL FARE A
LITTLE BETTER.
EXTRACTORS ARE TRYING TO GET
WATER OUT OF THE CARPET AND SHE
LOST MUCH OF HER WORK EQUIPMENT
BUT HER INSURANCE COMPANY WILL
COVER THE LOSS.
WE GOT THE SERVER OUT.
BUT WE GOT TO BUY NEW COMPUTERS
AND ALL THAT JAZZ.
IT'S GOING TO BE A HEFTY
INSURANCE CLAIM THAT'S FOR SURE.
HEFTY ALL AROUND.
IN PORT ORANGE ALONE THEY
BELIEVE 62 HOMES AND SIX
BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED BY
BETWEEN ONE AND SIX INCHES OF
WATER INCLUDING THIS HOME BEHIND
ME AND, OF COURSE, THAT DOESN'T
SPEAK TO THE DOZEN OR MORE HOMES
IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH, SEVERAL IN
ORMOND BEACH AND SOUTH DAYTONA
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IN DAYTONA
BEACH AS WELL.
THE FOLKS HERE SAY THEY DON'T
HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE EITHER AND
WEREN'T REQUIRED TO HAVE IT
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE A FLOOD ZONE.