The residents of Ruskin, Florida, were just starting to pick up the pieces from Hurricane Helene when the order came to evacuate because Hurricane Milton was barreling toward the west Florida coast.
The low-lying community on the south side of Tampa Bay experienced heavy flooding with Helene and residents like Charlotte Farrell, 80, were left in standing water for days.
“I saw a little water on the kitchen floor,” Farrell, who lives in a mobile home in Ruskin, told the New York Post. “I went to the closet to get a towel, and in that time, the water rose up to my ankles. Then it was at my knees and I wondered if it was going to stop.”
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