Neighbors in flood-prone Ken Knight Drive area ready for rain from Elsa
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Neighbors in flood-prone Ken Knight Drive area ready for rain from Elsa
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Heavy rainfall typically leaves parts of Ken Knight Drive in Northwest Jacksonville flooded, and Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to bring rain to the area.
“I expecting rain, plenty of rain, and I’m expecting this river to run over,” he said, referring to the Ribault River.
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The Ribault River runs parallel to parts of Ken Knight Drive. During Hurricane Irma in 2017, the river overflowed into the community, flooding out homes and leaving cars underwater. It was too much for the storm drains to handle.