North Port flooding: Child rescued from water, drivers pulled from cars, water still rising
Published: July 9, 2021 10:31 PM EDT
Updated: July 9, 2021 11:15 PM EDT
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North Port Police Department responded to a child with special needs Friday who was landlocked in deep floodwaters that were caused by Elsa.
Rescue crews took the child to a local facility to escape the flooding, as water continued to rise overnight in North Port. It could still take days for it to go back down.
We were on Sumter Boulevard and Hablow Lane, where flooding was higher than the night before.
About a half-dozen cars were stuck, and police had to get drivers out.