The heavy rains from the storm have ended up flowing into suburban and inland towns not part of hurricane warnings.
It’s the rising rivers that do it because of the hurricane’s deluge, which continues to cause havoc long after the winds have passed. And it’s leading to rescue efforts not that different from those on the coasts.
Dozens of National Guardsmen arrived earlier Friday in North Port– about 85 miles south of Tampa — to speed up efforts started Wednesday by firefighters from other states and counties. And city officials were scrambling to open an evacuation center at a high school. “We can’t get people. We can’t get people to them. There are some older folks we are trying to get to because they can’t move,” she said.
Just west of North Port, the Myakka River was forecast by the National Weather Service to reach record flood stage Friday at 12.55 feet and then crest a bit higher before receding.
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