(11 Oct 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lithia, Florida - 11 October 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Ty ONeil, The Associated Press:
"Thanks to a sheriff's boat, we were able to take a tour of the community behind me and see some of the flooding that's happened. And unfortunately, it's very substantial. We saw some buildings with only their roofs poking out of the water. We saw box trucks that were basically completely submerged and really substantial, substantial damage. There are some homes that are okay. There were some that are up on stilts or just happened to be in a higher area. Unfortunately, we just spoke to the sheriff and he said that the water here is actually expected to rise and things could get worse."
2. Various emergency responder stirs a boat in high water
3. Home, boat submerged by high water
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
"This area, these residents are used to a little bit of flooding. They're not used to this amount of flooding. And the worst part is they're not used to this amount of flooding in such a short period of time. I was talking to one of the residents who went to bed last night, saw about a foot of water, and said, hey, we're going to be okay, only to wake up today and saw they were in six feet of water."
5. Various trucks, and buildings submerged in high water
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
"The sad and scary part is we don't believe the river's crested yet. When you have 16 inches of water in some areas in northern Tampa that are still flooded, that water still has to come south. Mother Nature does a great job. She has a plan. It goes into the river and the river out into the bay. So there's a lot more water to come."
7. "Dead End" road sign, and home submerged in high water
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
"We've rescued individuals on jet skis, our john boats, our amphibious vehicle. You see our strip behind us out and about. And along with our airboats, you have to remember this. This looks like a boat ramp. This is an entrance into a neighborhood. This isn't a boat ramp. That's how flooded this area is. There's cars underwater. Some homes are completely underwater. All you see is the apex of the house. Again, please, I'm asking that you say a prayer for this community here because they've lost everything."
9. Various emergency responders' water rescue assets
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
"My biggest concern is, is, as this water continues to get deeper, the affected individuals and communities are going to continue to grow. We haven't seen the worst of this yet."
11. Tracking in high water
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
"This water is contaminated. This isn't your Crystal Spring, let's go to the beach kind of water. This is absolutely contaminated."
13. Various buildings and homes in flooded water
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office:
15. A lot of this community left, they knew that the flooding was coming. Again, it's not their fault. The residents that stayed. They knew there'd be some flooding. Everyone was predicting it to be 2 to 3 days out and didn't know how horrible it would be. They never expected it to be this much in such a short period of time, and it caught a lot of them off guard."
16. Various, residents on the porch, homes in flooded water
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