Flooding expected to continue in parts of North Port Justin Matthews reports NORTH PORT, Fla. - The city of North Port in Sarasota County is still feeling the effects of Hurricane Elsa. Hundreds of homes are flooded, and water levels are expected to continue rising. Streets in the northern part of the city are under water. One of the outer bands from the storm dumped heavy rain for about three-and-a-half hours, bringing 10 to 11 inches of rain. North Port’s fire chief says they haven’t seen that much rain in such a short amount of time since the early to mid-1900s.