Martin County Department of Health issues advisory over mosquito-borne illness

After days of flooding rains and damaging storms, there is a new concern over mosquito and tick-borne illness in Martin County.

THEMSELVES.

AFTER DAYS OFFLOODING RAINS AND DAMAGINSTORMS THER'S A NEW CONCERNOVER MOSQUITO AND TICK- BORNILLNESSES.

WPTV NEWSCHANNEL5'S DEREK LOWE HAS THE STORYIN HOBE SOUND.<< MARTIN, HOBE HEIGHTSRESIDENT 1:46 ONCE THE INSECTSCOME ON, IT'S QUITE INTENSE.IT'S AN ISSUE THAT THIS HOBEHEIGHTS RESIDENT SAYS HE KNOWSALL ABOUT.

MOSQUITO PROBLEMSARE NOT NEW IN THIS MARTINCOUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD.

MARTIN,HOBE HEIGHTS RESIDENT 1:20I'VE ALWAYS BEEN MINDFUL THATTHEY'RE THERE.

ON WEDNESDAY,THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH ISSUING A MESSAGE TOWARN RESIDENTS OF MOSQUITO ANDTICK BORNE ILLNESS DUE TO THERECENT HEAVY RAINS.

MARTIN,HOBE HEIGHTS RESIDENT 3:25GIVEN THE TYPE OF ILLNESSESWITH IT, THE ZIKA AND STUFF INTHE PAST THAT WE'VE HAD HERE.I MEAN THE WOULD BE A REALTRIFECTA OF CATASTROPHE GOINGON TO HAVE ILLNESS FROM THATALONG WITH WHAT ELSE IS GOINGON IN SOCIETY RIGHT NOW.MICHAEL MAYO SAYS BECAUSE THEFLOODING IS SO BAD, IT'STAKING COUNTY WORKERS DAYS TOPUMP OUT THE WATER, GIVINGMOSQUITOS A PERFECT PLACE TONEST AND BREED.

MICHAEL MAYO,HOBE HEIGHTS RESIDENT 12:46 OHTHEY'RE TERRIBLE.

AT LEAST NOWTHE WATER IS DOWN.

BEFORE, ITWAS SO THICK YOU COULDN'T EVENSIT OUTSIDE.

EVERY TIME THEWATER STARTS TO GO DOWN, ITSTARTS TO RAIN AGAIN.

MICHAELMAYO, HOBE HEIGHTS RESIDENTTHE COUNTY BROUGHT OVER SANDBAGS.

THEN MY NEPHEW LOADED ITUP ALL IN HIS TRUCK.

HE EVENCARRIED DOWN TO SOME OF THEOTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

INORDER TO REDUCE RISKS OFGETTING BIT, THE COUNTYRECOMMENDS ELIMINATINGSTANDING WATER, SOMETHING THATMIGHT TAKE TIME IN HOBE SOUND.MARTIN, HOBE HEIGHTS RESIDENT2:57 WE HAVE SEVERAL DEETPRODUCTS AROUND THE HOUSE SOI'LL BE WEARING DEET BUT INTERMS OF THE SLEEVES, THISTIME OF YEAR ITS MURDEROUSLYHOT.

(LOOK LIVE) WHEN BUYINGREPELLENT, THE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH SAYS TO BE SURE OF ONETHING.

MAKE SURE THAT THEPRODUCT IS EPA APPROVED.REPORTING IN HOBE SOUND, IMDEREK LOWE.

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