Flagler County awoke to heavy rainfall, power outages, and scattered debris on Thursday as Hurricane Milton made its way out to the Atlantic. The area wasn’t nearly as battered as the Gulf Coast of Florida, but tens of thousands of residents were still affected in some way or another.
County personnel reported Thursday morning that several roads across Flagler County had been closed due to damage from Milton, and that sewer systems were heavily backed up from the mass influx of water all in a short time. Residents were asked to only use water when absolutely necessary, in order to prevent a potential backup of sewage into residents’ homes.
“Safety remains our top priority, and we appreciate the community’s cooperation as we work to restore normalcy,” said Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. Residents whose power is out were asked to report the outages to Florida Power & Light so that linemen can assess the effects and work on restoring electricity to Flagler County.
The countywide curfew put into place by the county government was lifted at 7:30 am, with officials still monitoring conditions to determine whether further steps would be necessary. Residents were also asked to stay off of roads if able so that downed power lines and trees could be cleared by emergency responders.
Several roads in Flagler County were closed as of Thursday morning due to Hurricane Milton. Per the Flagler County Emergency Management Department, they were as follows:
- SR-100 from East Woodland Ave to Deen Road
- Otis Stone Hunter Road from railroad to Hargrove Grade
- North Old Dixie Highway / Old Brick Road / CR-13 to the county line
- East Moody Blvd to Old Courthouse / Playhouse
- Deen Road to Bimini
- US-1 south at Lake Lucille
- CR-2007 to CR-2006
- Forest Park between Acorn Ave and CR-90
- Trail Run between John Anderson Highway and Bulow Woods Circle
- SR-100 west of CR-205
- St. Johns Ave
- Old Kings Road at Utility Drive
- CR-2006 between Water Oak Road and CR-115 N
Yup, keep building more and more townhouses before
expanding the sewer system…I moved here for the beauty and quietness of the area 7 years ago, now it’s turning into Orlando.
Sad to see politicians caring more about money than the welfare of their community.
Yep, you couldnt be more correct, I’m with you 110%. Also all of this building and no educational consideration. What about the schools? Now that you have all of this tax revenue how about looking at the big picture and at least catch up to where the city is at before adding more headaches to the problems.