PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — After heavy rains came through the area on Wednesday night, parts of Port Charlotte were once again under water.
Thursday morning, some streets off of Olean Blvd were still flooded. People told Fox 4's Mahmoud Bennett that the flooding from the rain was worse than what they dealt with during Hurricane Helene.
Watch Mahmoud's report from the scene:
Deborah Nickerson lives on Sistina St. Although the water is not in her house, she says she can't leave because her driveway and street are flooded.
"My day moving forward, I'm not going to be able to go to the grocery store," Nickerson said. "That was my plan for today, to get things in. But I just want it fixed, I don't want to lose my house. I lost my house during Charlie."
She says she's at her wit's end.
"This is what we deal with, with just a nuisance rain. You can see it was all the way up to here," she says. "All the debris is still there."
Wednesday night the Charlotte County Sheriff's office reported there was localized flooding on area roadways. Viewers also reached out to us with their videos of the flooding.
The sheriff's office asked residents to please use caution in the areas near Harbor Blvd / Midway Blvd and the entire length of Beacon Ave in Port Charlotte.
Heavy rains have made these areas impassable due to flooding, but in most cases the water has now receded.
There was also flooding in Cape Coral related to the heavy rains.
More viewer videos sent to us near Pine Island and Chiquita.
