Flooding worries in Citrus
Latest update: 6:25 p.m.
Officials, residents and business owners continue to keep a wary eye on floodwaters in west Citrus.
During the day, water creeped near Crystal River City Hall and elsewhere in the city. Officials closed Kings Bay Drive, NW 16th Street, NW Sixth Avenue, Paradise Point Road, Cutler Spur, Citrus Avenue south of NE Third Street, State Park Drive and Museum Point.
Ozello Trail was closed because of flooding, as were Yulee and Fishbowl drives, among other roads.
By mid afternoon, there were 38 people in the special needs shelter at Lecanto Middle School and 23 more at the general shelter at Lecanto High. Those shelters were remaining open tonight. School system officials shut down the county's two other shelters, at Citrus High School and Inverness Middle School. Attendance at those shelters had been sparse.
Early in the day, Citrus' three electricity providers reported minimal outages. Progress Energy later reported 442 customers without power and Sumter Electric Cooperative reported more than 100. Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative said that, at various points today, 1,000 Citrus customers were without service for short periods.
Officials, residents and business owners continue to keep a wary eye on floodwaters in west Citrus.
During the day, water creeped near Crystal River City Hall and elsewhere in the city. Officials closed Kings Bay Drive, NW 16th Street, NW Sixth Avenue, Paradise Point Road, Cutler Spur, Citrus Avenue south of NE Third Street, State Park Drive and Museum Point.
Ozello Trail was closed because of flooding, as were Yulee and Fishbowl drives, among other roads.
By mid afternoon, there were 38 people in the special needs shelter at Lecanto Middle School and 23 more at the general shelter at Lecanto High. Those shelters were remaining open tonight. School system officials shut down the county's two other shelters, at Citrus High School and Inverness Middle School. Attendance at those shelters had been sparse.
Early in the day, Citrus' three electricity providers reported minimal outages. Progress Energy later reported 442 customers without power and Sumter Electric Cooperative reported more than 100. Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative said that, at various points today, 1,000 Citrus customers were without service for short periods.
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