{"id":54962,"date":"2022-09-18T21:58:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T01:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=54962"},"modified":"2022-09-18T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T01:58:54","slug":"community-trapped-by-flooding-from-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/09\/community-trapped-by-flooding-from-heavy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Community trapped by flooding from heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Lehigh Acres community is trapped by flooding from heavy rain this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The resident that live on or near Green Meadows Road says the flooding is a normal thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Von Deaton, resident on Green Meadows Road said, \u201cit rained all night. And as we get up this morning, this is what we ran into about three and a half foot deep in some places 4 ft deep in other places. There\u2019s other roads to turn off of Green Meadows Road, which is Willowbrook. Cantera, Richardson, and Milford, they\u2019re all flooded all the way back anywhere from a foot to two and a half deep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rain on Saturday night has cars lined up on Sunshine Boulevard and Florida State Road 82 are waiting for trucks to tow the cars out of the flooding water or scared to drive through the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delana Schue, resident on Green Meadows Road said, \u201cthere\u2019s been too much water in the last three or four days it so now it\u2019s flowing. And it\u2019s impassable by cars. And we\u2019d love to have help with it. Because there\u2019s plenty of people that were that live there that need to work. I live in a I work in a local school and I need to get to work tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WINK News sent an email to the Lee County government to ask if and when residents near this road receive help during public safety emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yolanda Lopez visited the area last night and is now waiting for a tow truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were trying to get out. When we were going in I didn\u2019t think was that bad, but we weren\u2019t. And it started raining more. Once we tried to get out, my car got stuck all the way over there. My boyfriend tried to get it out. We stayed there for like an hour or two until somebody came and helped us,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tow trucks, tractors, and anything that can get through the water were coming in to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to send them pictures of what it looks like. So I hope they\u2019re able to fix this so I can get through this right now. No, I don\u2019t think I can get through that,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was completely covered all the way through. And you get someone I don\u2019t know where the holes are. Then they just drive in and they\u2019re stuck. You know, you get people live back here are friends that come and see someone they say, hey, stop it there. Oh, no, I\u2019ll make it and then the next thing you know, they drive in and their cars suck. Because little cars like that don\u2019t get it,\u201d Deaton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The county said they do assess public safety on private roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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