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North Port flooding: Child rescued from water, drivers pulled from cars, water still rising
Published: July 9, 2021 10:31 PM EDT
Updated: July 9, 2021 11:15 PM EDT
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North Port Police Department responded to a child with special needs Friday who was landlocked in deep floodwaters that were caused by Elsa.
Rescue crews took the child to a local facility to escape the flooding, as water continued to rise overnight in North Port. It could still take days for it to go back down.
We were on Sumter Boulevard and Hablow Lane, where flooding was higher than the night before.
About a half-dozen cars were stuck, and police had to get drivers out.
Flooding expected to continue in parts of North Port
Justin Matthews reports
NORTH PORT, Fla. - The city of North Port in Sarasota County is still feeling the effects of Hurricane Elsa. Hundreds of homes are flooded, and water levels are expected to continue rising.
Streets in the northern part of the city are under water.
One of the outer bands from the storm dumped heavy rain for about three-and-a-half hours, bringing 10 to 11 inches of rain.
North Port’s fire chief says they haven’t seen that much rain in such a short amount of time since the early to mid-1900s.
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Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a road rage incident that involved a shooting on I-75 Friday afternoon in the Sarasota County portion of North Port.
According to FHP, shortly after 3 p.m., troopers responded to a shooting on northbound I-75 near Sumter Boulevard exit 182.
Troopers determined the drivers of a Dodge Ram truck and a Ford F-150 truck engaged in a road rage incident toward another vehicle. The driver of the Dodge fired five shots toward the victim’s vehicle, hitting the right side of the vehicle all five times.
Both pickup trucks then got away from the scene. There were no injuries involved, and the investigation is ongoing with criminal charges pending.