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I'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE RAIN,
COMING UP.
THANK YOU.
RESIDENTS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY
COMMUNITIES WEST OF THE HALIFAX
RIVER ARE DEALING WITH
FLOODWATERS.
FROM ORMAND BEACH SOUTH TO NEW
SMYRNA BEACH.
CLAIRE METZ IS JOINING US LIVE
IN DAYTONA BEACH WITH THE LATEST
ON THE STORM'S IMPACT THERE.
YOU GOT YOUR BOOTS ON TODAY?
I DON'T YET.
THEY'RE IN THE CAR.
I'M GOING TO PUT THEM ON BECAUSE
I WILL NEED THEM, NO DOUBT ABOUT
IT.
THE STREET IS FLOODED HERE AS
YOU CAN SEE.
THE ROAD IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AS
WE SEE FOLKS TRYING TO MANEUVER
THE WATERS AND IT'S NOT A GOOD
OUTCOME.
CHECK IT OUT, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS A MASSIVE RETENTION POND
HERE.
LOOK HOW HIGH THE POND IS.
IT'S OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, NOT
DOING ANY GOOD.
IT'S JUST A SIGN OF HOW MUCH
RAIN WE HAVE HAD.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS A LAKE.
YOU CAN CALL IT A LAKE ORANGE
INSTEAD OF PORT ORANGE.
HE AND MANY OTHERS IN PORT
ORANGE'S SLEEPY HOLLOW
SUBDIVISION HAVE TAKEN TO
KAYAKING AND CANOEING TO GET
AROUND.
BUCKETS OF WATER WAS DUMPED INTO
VOLUSIA COUNTY, OVERNIGHT, THIS
MORNING AND NO ONE HAS SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
HE'S DESPERATE TO GET TO HIS
DAUGHTER.
MY DAUGHTER'S HOUSE IS A
BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD.
SHE'S AT THE LOWEST POINT IN THE
WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HER WHOLE HOUSE IS FLOODED.
POLICE IN SOUTH DAYTONA
RESCUED MORE THAN ONE DRIVER WHO
WOUND UP IN RETENTION PONDS.
IN ONE COMMUNITY, WATER WAS ALL
AROUND SOME HOMES BUT NOT
INSIDE.
BECAUSE AFTER FLOODING CONCERNS
FOR YEARS, RESIDENTS PAID FOR
AND INSTALLED THEIR OWN PUMPING
SYSTEM.
ALL THIS EQUIPMENT IS
SUPPLIED BY US, BOUGHT BY OUR
COMMUNITY, BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE ABOUT $5,000 IN PUMPS
AND HOSES APPLIED TO THAT.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH WEST OF THE
AIRPORT FELT THE FIRST OF THE
WEATHER WHERE FLOODWATERS SOAKED
NEARLY A DOZEN HOMES AND MADE
ROADS IMPASSIBLE.
LOCAL LEADERS SAY WITH SO
MUCH RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME, FLOODING IS A FIGHT NO
ONE CAN WIN.
WE JUST GOT TOO MUCH RAIN.
IT COULDN'T HANDLE THE RAPID
VOLUME.
YOU'RE BACK LIVE HERE.
THAT'S A CITY TRUCK GOING
THROUGH, HOPEFULLY IT'S HIGH
ENOUGH IT WON'T FLOOD OUT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIM, A
GENTLEMAN WALKING, WHICH IS THE
ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND RIGHT
NOW.
AMONG THE MANY DANGERS OF FLOOD
WATERS BEYOND FLOODING OUT AND
GETTING STUCK IN YOUR VEHICLE
ARE THE SUDDEN DROPOFFS, I
SHOULD SAY.
THIS LITERALLY WOULD TAKE ME ALL
THE WAY DOWN IF I WENT FURTHER.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE STREET
ENDS AND THE WATERS BEGIN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE
BETTER PART OF VALOR IS TO TURN
AROUND AND GO BACK TO DRY LAND.
MOST CITIES THAT ARE WEST OF
NOVA ROAD AND EAST OF THE RIVER
ARE OFFERING SANDBAGS TO FOLKS.
FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, IN
VOLUSIA COUNTY AT LEAST, WE MAY