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Residents in homes along Black Creek prepare canoes by their doors so they can reach the road despite flooding.

Black Creek near record levels, many stay despite warnings

There is now a voluntary evacuation order issued for areas around Black Creek affected by flooding from Tropical Storm Debby, but that’s a message area residents have heard before. “We’re pretty much prepared, it’s not that big of a deal,” says 8 year resident Catalina Perry. She says families in ...

Residents in homes along Black Creek prepare canoes by their doors so they can reach the road despite flooding.

Rescues today along the Black Creek as water level continues to rise

The Black Creek is expected to rise to record setting water levels by lunchtime Wednesday. Despite warnings from emergency management and voluntary evacuation notices, many residents along the water chose to ride out now-Tropical Depression Debby in their homes.  But the rapidly rising waters were too much for some to ...

Taken by Stephanie Brown in Middleberg on CR 218 near Carter Spencer Road

Historic flooding means widespread damage in Clay County

The focus in Clay County now is cleanup. “We are going from a response phase in to a recovery phase,” says County Commission Chair Doug Conkey. With the rain finally letting up on Northeast Florida, emergency management officials are discovering a lot of damage to homes and roadways. One of ...

The dark part of the walls indicates how high the water rose at the peak of flooding

Debby's Disaster: Governor request major distaster declaration

The Black Creek is down from its historic level of flooding, but there is still a way to go. I took a ride down the Creek today with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office to see some of the damage done by Debby.  The amazing thing was not just seeing how ...

Debris gathering under a boat house

Damage from Debby too recent to brush off Isaac concerns

Out of the cone, but not done with concern. Although forecast maps continue to track Isaac moving to the west, the potentially heavy rainfall we could have seen from the storm serves as a sharp reminder for Northeast Florida of the damage we are still seeing from Debby. “Almost anything ...

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