THERE’S NOWHERE TO GO. AND THE WATER CONTINUES TO FALL IN MANY PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CANDICE.
ALL RIGHT. YES, THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING, WE’VE BEEN TELLING
YOU ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT
AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN SOME
REALLY BAD FLOODING. I THINK
THE ONE THAT WE’VE BEEN
FOCUSING ON AND FOR GOOD
REASON, IT IS WHAT’S HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
>> IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. YES, AND
HOPEFULLY VERY SOON WILL BE
ABLE TO GET A BETTER PICTURE
OF WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE.
AREA EARLY, AT LEAST WAS SOON
AS THE SUN IS ABLE TO GIVE US
A BETTER VIEW. NEWS SIX’S
LOUIS BOLDEN.
>> HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE DISTRESSED
RIGHT THERE KISSIMMEE OF POINT
SIENNA CIRCLE. LEWIS.
>> BRIDGET, THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE JUST A
WHILE AGO. I’M GETTING THE MIX
MINUS YOU GUYS AND YOU CAN FIX
THAT IN THE CONTROL ROOM THAT
THOUGHT THAT AIRBOAT A JUST A
MINUTE AGO MAKE ITS WAY. RAUL,
A A 3RD FULL WERE EARLIER. WE
HAD PEOPLE TELLING US THAT
THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE
TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES AIRBOAT
MADE ITS WAY BACK AROUND AND
YOU CAN SEE THEY REST A GROUP
OF PEOPLE OVER HERE. IT LOOKS
LIKE AN ADULT, 2 ADULTS AND 3
SMALL CHILDREN THAT THEY WERE
JUST RESCUED BY AIRBOAT. YOU
GUYS, IF YOU CAN FIX THE MIX,
-4, MAKE PLACE. AN AIR BOAT
JUST WENT BACK AROUND 2 POINT
SIENNA CIRCLE AGAIN, IS THAT
I’VE BEEN THERE LOCALLY FOR
RESCUE MORE PEOPLE. IT HAS
TAKEN A LOT OF WORK PLAY IF
RESCUE MORE PEOPLE. IT HAS
TAKEN A LOT OF WORK PLAY IF PEOPLE HERE IN THIS ROAD WAY
THAT I’VE BEEN MORE SO OFTEN THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT’S A BIT
OF A HILLY ROAD IN SOME
VEHICLES, ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE STREET, FLOODING
>> FLOODING WHERE THERE’S ON
RAMPS.
>> WE SAW A TRUCK FULL OF
OSCEOLA COUNTY DEPUTIES A
MINUTE AGO AND THEY HAD TO.
WELL PULL THAT SUV.
>> OUT OF THE WATER. SO THAT
WAS THE OSCEOLA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S SUV THAT WE DRIVE
INTO THAT WATER. AND THEY JUST
PULL THAT SUV OUT OF THE WATER
A MINUTE AGO. IF YOU’VE GOT
SOMEONE, IF YOU CAN FIX THE
MISS MIX, MINUS FOR ME, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT. BUT AGAIN,
THAT AIR BOAT JUST MADE ITS
WAY BACK AROUND TO A POINT
SIENNA CIRCLE AND PRESUMABLY
THEY’RE GOING AND RESCUING
MORE WE DID.
>> 2 ADULTS AND A COUPLE OF
KIDS GET OFF THAT AIRBOAT. SO
THEY’RE MAKING THEIR WAY
AROUND. EARLIER. WE HAD
SOMEONE TELL US A FAMILY
MEMBER CALLED 9-1-1. TRYING TO
GET HELP TRYING TO BE RESCUED.
AND THEY SAID THAT SHE WOULD
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MORNING,
POSSIBLY. THEY WERE WAITING
SUNLIGHT BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN
SEE SO MUCH BETTER. AND NOW
THEY THEIR WAY BACK TO THAT
AREA. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK
GETTING THIS SUV OUT OF THERE.
WE HAVE 2 MORE VEHICLES IN IN
THE CENTER OF THE ROAD, BUT WE
ARE SEEING MORE EMERGENCY
VEHICLES. AND SO THAT IS A
GOOD THING BECAUSE WE WERE
TOLD THAT THERE WERE STILL
PEOPLE, SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE
STILL IN THOSE HOMES ON POINTE
SIENNA CIRCLE. SO HOPEFULLY.
>> THEY’RE MAKING THEIR WAY
BACK AROUND THERE. BUT AGAIN,
AS A EMERGENCY TRUCKS AT THE
END OF THE STREET, THERE. SO
THAT IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO GET SOME HELP FOR
FOR SOME TIME. WE THOUGHT A
WOMAN WHO I JUST HAD TO LEAVE
HER HOUSE BECAUSE SHE SAID THE
WATER GOT SO HIGH THAT YOU HAD
TO ACTUALLY CLIMB OUT OF A
WINDOW TO GET TO THE HOUSE,
HER AND HER 72 YEAR-OLD
MOTHER. EARTH WERE UN
HER AND HER 72 YEAR-OLD
MOTHER. EARTH WERE UN SHELTER THERE. AND THEN THE
LAST TIME WE SAW THEM, THEY WERE WALKING DOWN TO THE
HOSPITAL DOWN THE STREET. BUT
AGAIN, THE SUN IS COMING UP.
WE CAN SEE A LOT BETTER. AND
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW DEEP THAT
WATER IS. SO PEOPLE WERE
DRIVING THROUGH A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE JUST HAD TO LEAVE THEIR
VEHICLES AND GOT OUT ON THE
WOMAN APRIL, WHO LEFT HER HOME
SAID AT ONE POINT SHE HAD TO
SWIM BECAUSE THE WATER WAS UP
TO HER AND SHE LEFT WITH A NOT
EVEN SHOES ON HER FEET. THAT
JUST GOT OUT AS QUICKLY AS
THEY COULD. WE SAW OTHER
GROUPS OF THAT HAD BACKPACKS
ON PEOPLE HAD DUFFEL BAGS. IT
LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST GRAB
WHATEVER THEY COULD. TO GET
OUT OF THE HOUSE. AND AGAIN,
WE JUST SAW THESE PEOPLE WHO
WERE RESCUED BY AIR BOAT LOOKS
LIKE 2 ADULTS AND 2 SMALL
CHILDREN. SO HELP IS ON THE
WAY. THERE IS A TOW TRUCK DOWN
HERE NOW TRYING TO GET ANOTHER
VEHICLE.
>> FROM OUT OF THE STREET,
IT’S STILL A BAD SITUATION.
BUT WHAT’S MAKING IT A LITTLE
BIT BETTER IS NOW YOU CAN SEE.
>> AND NOW EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS CAN SEE TO MAKE IT
AROUND TO THOSE SO THAT AIR
BOAT DID MAKE IT AROUND THE
POINTE SIENNA CIRCLE. THEY
SHOULD BE COMING OUT THEY’RE
PROBABLY GOING DOOR TO DOOR
BECAUSE WE DID HAVE REPORTS
THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE
IN THOSE INCLUDING SEVERAL
ELDERLY PEOPLE.
>> BUT AGAIN, WE’RE GOING TO
STAY OUT HERE, CONTINUE TO
MONITOR. THE WIND. IT PICKED
UP AGAIN. IT DIE DOWN FOR A
LITTLE WHILE, BUT NOW IT’S
PICKING UP AGAIN. BUT THE GOOD
NEWS IS IT IS GETTING LIGHTER
OUTSIDE SO WE CAN SEE A LITTLE
BIT BETTER. SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE
GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU
GUYS IN THE STUDIO.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, LOUIS, FOR THAT UPDATE.
IT WAS IT WAS CHILLING TO SEE
THOSE THOSE RESCUE VICTIMS
WAITING JUST OUTSIDE A
CONVENIENCE STORE AND
HOPEFULLY THEY ARE ABLE TO
FIND ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS
HELP OUT THERE. OUR FIRST TIME
SEEING HOW DEEP THAT POCKET
AND THOSE CARS THAT ARE
SUBMERGED IN THE MORE THE
RECOVERY ON THOSE CARS TRYING
TO GET THEM OUT. ALSO IN
KISSIMMEE AND WE AND LISTEN,
FOLKS, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
SOME AREAS OF KISSIMMEE AND
AND AND REALLY OSCEOLA COUNTY
THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING
THE SAME SORT OF FLOODING
SITUATION. THIS IS WHERE OUR
CREWS ARE. THAT’S THAT’S WHERE
LEWIS HAS BEEN. IT’S NOT SAFE
FOR HIM TO MOVE FROM THERE.
AND AND THERE’S OBVIOUSLY A
LOT GOING ON. WE CAN’T BE
EVERYWHERE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY,
BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER
REPORTER IN OSCEOLA COUNTY
NEWS SIX’S EZZY CASTRO. I’M
LIVE FOR US. WHERE ARE YOU
EXACTLY AS HE?
>> JUST SAID, WELL, GOOD
MORNING. WE ARE AT THE GOOD
SAMARITAN SOCIETY COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY.
AND AS YOU GUYS MAY BE
REMEMBER BACK IN 2017 DURING
HURRICANE IRMA, THIS WHOLE
COMMUNITY ACTUALLY FLOODED.
THEY HAD TO EVACUATE HUNDREDS
OF RESIDENTS FROM HERE BECAUSE
OF HISTORIC FLOODING IN THIS
AREA. BUT I’M GOING TO PAN
OVER HERE. JOSH IS GOING TO
SHOW YOU THIS IS THIS IS
ACTUALLY THE GOLF COURSE. AND
YOU CAN SEE IT IS UNDER WATER
AND A DEPUTY THAT WE WERE
TALKING TO EARLIER THIS
MORNING. WE GOT HERE TOLD US
THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE JUST
GUARDING THE GATE OUT HERE
BECAUSE THEY DON’T FEEL
THEY’VE BEEN UP TO EVEN DRIVE
THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW. BUT
YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME THAT
THERE IS POND IN THE AREA.
WELL. AND REALLY SEE IT NOW
BECAUSE EVERYTHING HERE IS
PRETTY MUCH UNDER WATER. BUT
JUST LIKE LEWIS WAS SAYING
EARLIER, THE WINDS ARE
DEFINITELY PICKING UP HERE.
EARLIER, THE WINDS ARE
DEFINITELY PICKING UP HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES. WE ARE IN A TROPICAL STORM SO THAT THAT
TENDS TO HAPPEN. BUT BUT YOU
SAW THAT THE PONDING IN THAT
AREA AND REALLY JUST THERE ARE
SO MANY RETENTION PONDS AND
WATERWAYS, ALL CONNECTED AS AS
KANSAS HAS BEEN MENTIONING,
THEY’RE ALL INTERCONNECTED IN
SOME SORT OF FASHION HERE. AND
AND THERE’S REALLY NOWHERE FOR