Hobe Heights still flooded from heavy rainfall, community working to help clean up and repair flood damage

Some people who live in the Hobe Heights neighborhood in Hobe Sound are going into another night with flooded homes.

SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEHOBE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD INHOBE SOUND ARE GOING INTO YETANOTHER NIGHT& WITH FLOODEDHOMES& THE WATER TABLE REMAINSAT CAPACITY& LEAVINGFLOODWATERS WITH NOWHERE TORECEDE& AND FAMILIES AREUNSURE WHEN THEIR HOMES WILLBE LIVABLE AGAIN.

WPTV'SMEGHAN MCROBERTS TAKES A LOOKAT THE GROWING EFFORTS TOBRING THEM HELP.PKG“IBEFORE” NATS FAMILY ANDFRIENDS HELP MARTIN SEARCYSAVE HIS FURNITURE FROM FLOODWATERS THAT HAVE SEEPED INTOHIS HOME FOR DAYS NAT HE SAYSHIS HARDWOOD FLOORS ANDDRYWALL ARE RUINED& AND HISHOME IS UNLIVABLE.“SMELLY.VERY WET, SLIPPERY, HUMID.EVERYTHING IS TRASHED.

I HAVEA FRIEND CUTTING THE DRYWALLSO IT WONLOOKING AT POTENTIALLY TENS OFTHOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OFDAMAGE&WITH NO FLOODINSURANCE.“PRETTY MUCHEVERYTHING I OWN IS TRASHED."THE COUNTY IS DOING WHAT ITCAN DO DRY TO DRY OUT THESEHOBE HEIGHTS STREETS& WITHSEVEN PUMPS PLACED THROUGHOUTTHE NEIGHBORHOOD& BUT THECHALLENGE IS FIGURING OUTWHERE TO PUMP THE WATER TO&WITHOUT MAKING CONDITIONSWORSE ON OTHER STREETS.

NATSTHATHE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH FROMWATER BEING PUMPED BEHIND HISHOME.“THEY HAD THE PUMP GOINGRIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THEFIELD AND IT WAS GOING DOWNBUT HALF OF IT WAS COMING OURWAY." THE COUNTY HAS DEDICATEDMORE CREWS TO WORK IN THISNEIGHBORHOOD& AND THEYGIVING OUT SANDBAGS.

A LOCALNON-PROFIT-- 25 UNITED--HELPED COORDINATE LOCALBUSINESSES AND AGENCIES TOHELP MOVE FURNITURE, SECUREDRY STORAGE, AND ARRANGE HOTELROOMS AND FUNDRAISING..

A NEWCOUNTY STATE OF EMERGENCY ALSOAIMS TO GIVE THESE NEIGHBORSONE MORE RESOURCE TO REPAIRFLOOD DAMAGE.

MM NC 5THIS THURSDAY- JUNE 11TH& 25UNITED IS ALSO LOOKING FORVOLUNTEERS TO MEET IN HOBEHEIGHTS TO HELP REMOVEREMAINING FURNTIURE INSIDEHOMES AND BEGIN A MOREEXTENSIVE CLEANUP EFFORT.TONIGHTA CHANCE OF SHOWERS