DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT, DAVE, THANKS. AND CHOPPER TWO FLEW ALL OVER VOLUSIA COUNTY AND THE DAMAGE IS WIDESPREAD. WATER COULD EVEN BE SEEN UP TO THE WINDOWS OF ONE HOME IN ORANGE CITY. WESH TWO SANIKA DANGE IS ON BOARD WITH A CLOSER LOOK. WE’VE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS HERE IN CHOPPER TWO, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT DAMAGE REMAINS AFTER HURRICANE MILTON MADE LANDFALL LAST WEEK. WE ARE IN ORANGE CITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE SAW SOME OF THE MOST DEVASTATING FLOOD WATERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS HOME. THIS HOME IS SITTING ON MILLER ROAD NOW. THIS IS JUST OFF OF 1792. IN ORANGE CITY. WE CHECKED IN ON IT ON FRIDAY AND UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE THE FLOODWATERS HAVE REALLY NOT DONE MUCH IN TERMS OF RECEDING TO THE FLOOD WATERS ALMOST TO THE ROOF. IT’S STILL ALMOST COMPLETELY COVERING THE WINDOWS IN THAT AREA. NO DOUBT THIS HOME IS BOUND TO BE A TOTAL LOSS IN THIS AREA OF ORANGE CITY. REALLY, REALLY A SAD PICTURE THERE. HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS TO REPORT HERE. 1792 WAS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT LAST TIME WE CHECKED. WE HAD CONFIRMED THAT FDOT OFFICIALS FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAD BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO TRY AND REPAIR THE ROAD WORK AND GUYS TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO. JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I MEAN, THE ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY PAVED OVER. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS, SIDEWALK WORK IS UNDERWAY, PAVEMENT THERE AS WELL, AND WE ALSO SPOTTED SOME SOD NOT TOO FAR AWAY. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. SO WORK IS BEING DONE AT A RAPID RATE. I MEAN, JUST TWO DAYS AGO, THIS ROAD WAS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT, UNUSABLE. OF COURSE, AT THIS HOUR IT IS STILL SHUT DOWN AS CREWS MAKE THOSE FINISHING TOUCHES. BUT NO DOUBT FDOT WORKING VERY, VERY HARD OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS TO REPAIR THE ROAD. A MAIN THOROUGHFARE HERE IN ORANGE CITY, 1792, SHOULD BE OPEN SOON. JUST CONSIDERING THE WORK THAT’S BEING DONE AT SUCH A RAPID RATE. SO EVEN AS SO MANY HOMES HERE ARE GOING TO BE A TOTAL LOSS, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE WAY. WE’LL UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS 1792. THERE IN ORANGE CITY, COMPLETELY REOPEN
Chopper 2 shows flooded streets Monday – days after Hurricane Milton
Updated: 4:51 PM EDT Oct 14, 2024
Chopper 2 was up over Central Florida again on Monday to assess flooding that continues to be a problem days after Hurricane Milton slammed the state. High river and lake levels combined with recent rain and Hurricane Milton have created such an excess of water, officials are struggling to get rid of it. More: Lake County officials grappling with flooding, evacuations after Hurricane MiltonSouth DaytonaMore: Milton leaves burning power lines, flooded streets, toppled trees in Central Florida | Pictures, videosOrange CityMore: Tropicana Field’s roof blown off during Hurricane Milton
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —
Chopper 2 was up over Central Florida again on Monday to assess flooding that continues to be a problem days after Hurricane Milton slammed the state.
High river and lake levels combined with recent rain and Hurricane Milton have created such an excess of water, officials are struggling to get rid of it.
More: Lake County officials grappling with flooding, evacuations after Hurricane Milton
South Daytona
More: Milton leaves burning power lines, flooded streets, toppled trees in Central Florida | Pictures, videos
Orange City
More: Tropicana Field’s roof blown off during Hurricane Milton
