LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday on social media that officials deployed water pumps “which will remove 30 million gallons of water” from flooded areas in Lake County.
More than a foot of rain fell in parts of Lake County on Sunday with Eustis getting over 19 inches of rain. The rain also washed out several roads in the county, including Wolf Branch Road, which also collapsed after Hurricane Milton in 2024.
[VIDEO: Lake County leaders discuss path forward after storms wash out roads]
On Monday, Lake County officials declared a state of emergency after the major rain event.
“I’ve never seen this, and I’ve been here for 50 years,” Mount Dora resident Chris Scroup told News 6.
[VIDEO: Lake County declares state of emergency after cities hit with up to 19 inches of rain]
Meteorologist Jonathan Kegges said the combination of a slow-moving front and unseasonably high atmospheric moisture created extremely prolific rainfall-producing thunderstorms that were extremely slow-moving, which helped drive up the impressive rainfall totals across Central Florida.
[VIDEO: See drone footage of storm damage across Lake County]
Also on Tuesday, Florida Department of Transportation officials shared an update on social media saying they are hard at work “pumping floodwaters, making emergency repairs & using drones to assess damage” in Central Florida, including in Cocoa, Titusville and Mount Dora.