Flooding threatens Jacksonville homes

Southampton Road in Jacksonville is covered in water and so are the streets that surround it.

Neighbors say it’s been a big problem after Hurricane Irma.

“These people had to abandon their bottom floor. The whole bottom floor apartment flooded completely,” said neighbor Jimmy Karris.

Karris is the maintenance worker for these apartments.

He says the water got high enough Thursday to threaten homes.

“When the high tide comes up, it comes up pretty close to the bottom of the building,” said Karris.

Action News Jax First Alert Meteorologist Garret Bedenbaugh says a combination of a new moon cycle and persistent onshore winds is causing the flooding.

We also looked at a map of this area and saw how these roads back up to smaller creeks that connect to the St Johns River.

“Whenever I drive through here, the water came up to here on my truck,” said neighbor Christina Horine.

Neighbors call it frustrating, a feeling that’s become their new norm.

Action News Jax reached out to the city multiple times by email and phone to see what’s being done about the flooding issue.

We have yet to hear back.

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