LARGO, Fla. — Residents who live near Dahlia Place in Largo said their neighborhood floods from afternoon thunderstorms.
“It’s beyond flooding. We might as well just call this our way private lake because even with a 20-minute downpour and this entire street is flooded all the way up there and you can’t even get out of your driveway to drive your car because your muffler will be underwater,” explained said Debby Muenzel.
Debby Muenzel has lived in the neighborhood for three years.
ABC Action News visited the neighborhood in August and again weeks later in September.
Thunderstorms across Tampa Bay on Wednesday caused the neighborhood to flood once again.
"It's a lake. It's a lake, literally, that should all be pavement, but it’s at least four feet deep and this is just from the rain today, no big hurricane or anything, this is a common occurrence," she said.
Muenzel said several of her neighbors have moved due to the flooding issue.
Neighbors said the area is prone to flooding because of a nearby ditch that gets inundated with water when it rains, causing standing water in the streets.
“I’ve got water coming into my house,” said Muenzel.
Water reaching people’s homes has damaged property.
“This is bad. I’m ready to move.”
Residents said despite complaining to the city and county governments for years, they’ve received no help in resolving this neighborhood’s flooding issue.
“Makes you lose faith in county government, city government. You know, where do your tax dollars go? We pay for storm drain taxes every month on our water bill. Well, we got a little water problem here folks,” said Chris Girard, who has been impacted by the flooding.
ABC Action News has reached out to the City of Largo and is waiting to hear back.
