It’s still flooding in North Central Florida’s Madison County, although it’s been two weeks since Hurricane Debby came through. As Margie Menzel reports, school buses aren’t picking up kids in the flooded areas, and a resource center will offer services to residents who’ve been affected.
Families that live on State Roads 14, 53 and 255 are being asked to meet the school buses to drop off and pick up their school-age children this week.
Madison County Emergency Management Director Leigh Basford says the extensive flooding isn’t just due to Hurricane Debby.
“Two of the biggest factors that have contributed to our flooding here in Madison is that we had 12 inches of rain fall in 12 hours. And that equaled a 500-year rain event for us here in the county," Basford said. "And we were already dealing with a very high water table, our land was very saturated. So, all those factors have contributed to this flooding.”
A resource center will offer services to those affected through Wednesday, including insurance resources, unemployment information, crisis counselors and cleanup kits. The center is at Mount Olive Baptist Church on State Road 53.
