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Cape coral recent rainfall totals9/16/2023 ![]() “This is an ongoing issue for this neighborhood, this drainage system here,” Cohill said. Outside the home, more water in his yard, standing water on the street and lake water overflowing. “We didn’t expect that much rain to be honest.” “Probably 2:30 this morning, it starts leaking in through the walls a little bit, and then once that happens it all breaks loose,” he said. He woke to find water in his garage and home along Marina Drive. It was the worst Daniel Cohill said he’d seen in a while. Areas along Chiquita Boulevard south of Pine Island Road also saw some deep water covering roads and yards. – Anika Henanger reporting from Cape Coralįlooding wasn’t only a problem for the north Cape. “Just be very careful and if it does look deep and you can turn around, turn around before you get in it,” Yacono said. You never know what’s in there.”īecause it’s Florida and it will happen again. Now he knows, and he wants you to know, too. “I’ve been down here 2 1/2 years so this is my real first more than rainstorm.” “Oh yeah, my street is almost that bad, the whole intersection is flooded,” he said. Some new Floridians, like Bill Myers, never saw pools in the streets before. “I waited a few hours until after it stopped raining so it would all go away.” “It almost went halfway up the door and I thought I was going to stall for sure but I didn’t. Kerry Yacono was one of those who risked it, but she made it through. ![]() Police and tow truck drivers had to rescue plenty of drivers who decided to risk it. “I was going to take him to day care but I decided not to because it was still pouring down rain … so I said not today.” “Glad I don’t live down that road,” said Anna Marie George with a laugh. The City ended up shutting down some roads when the water got too deep.
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