'It kept getting higher and higher': Historic river flooding prompts Pasco evacuations

Historic river flooding associated with Hurricane Milton prompted voluntary evacuations in the Pasco County Friday.

[Indomitablespirit]

Build even closer to the water! City Council will approve! Another great money grab for developers, love it!

[seandonahue]

Bad thing the sink holes may be next. We were shopping for a home in Florida. I feel like we really dodged a bullet.

[angstrommanagement]

When all the water was pulled out of the Bay, people forget it comes back fast and furious.

[findingretirement]

Never buy a home on reclaimed flood lands anywhere especially Floriduh.

[BunnyMan-ecxg]

This likely wasn't a flood zone. In Florida developers can petition to get an area rezoned. They do this because no one wants to buy a new house with a flood insurance requirement. So to make the houses more desirable, land that was previously a swamp is now not a flood zone. It's developed, people move in, it floods. And often the new neighborhood changes the flood planes so surrounding neighbors that never flooded are suddenly flooding. This is what deregulation and lack of oversight looks like. Thousands of new homes in flood prone land and the owners are the ones bearing all the burden. The builder leaves and pays DeSantis his cut.

[junecoulthard]

😢This is just so sad for these People. Its not about shaming them and repeating the same thing over and over. Have a Heart ❤ and Help as much as you can in times like this. If it was you or I you would want People to Help you and have a heart, easy to sit behind a computer and judge but being in this disaster is truly devastating. 😢 Prayers and Love to Everyone suffering from this Storm 🙏🏼💕

[travelingwithrick]

Dont buy a house on a floodplain. Easy to avoid this.

[Utubeisazzho]

I see the highway in the picture. Those roads usually higher to protect transfer of necessary items. Meaning anything lower is a basin. Where will that water go?

[jackiemansfield]

Flash eating bacteria is common in this stagnated water

[nicktru]

My aunt lives there and has been for 3 decades

[OMGWhatTheFox]

They're probably in an X flood zone and could have had flood insurance for about $500-$1000 or so a year through the NFIP. $250, 000 for the dwelling and $100, 000 for contents goes a long way. Homeowners insurance doesn't cover flood damage which is rising water. If their insurance agent didn't offer them a flood policy the agent could be liable for their losses due to what is called errors and omissions.

[Steve-yold]

The weather in Florida has not changed! The population has doubled since the 80s! More people, more infrastructure, more damage!👍

[joephillips]

Wait! Rivers can overflow after a hurricane? If only we had some warning like 13 days earlier.

[Chynna]

The house surround with the orange damming. Did they get any damage?

[bandislife]

And the reporter needs to explain WHY the waters are rising.

[ACommenterOnYouTube]

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Maybe you should change your perception because that NOT completely under water ....
COMPLETELY UNDER WATER MEANS YOU CANT SEE THE HOMES ANYMORE, ITS NOW AN UNDERWATER CITY

[minavaan]

Why don't people have solar panels?

[Dragonk]

This is why I hate the current prices for houses, they cost TOO much for the price for disaster especially on these back to back hurricanes/flooding... Florida continues to completely neglect their infrastructure.

[HarveyWallbanger-hocq]

I'm in Florida and don't live anywhere near a lake or a river 😮

[DanAMU-ep]

Am done living in florida, this is a mess, can't buy, can't go out, and it just gets worst over the years. Bye bye Florida thanks for the mental stress 😢