Flooding impacts residents in River Park community after Helene

Author: Annette Montgomery Writer: Annette Montgomery, Elyssa Morataya
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Southwest Florida is still feeling the impacts from Helene, and a Naples community got the brunt of the storm.

“I’m so sick and tired of it. I am. I’m tired of dealing with this,” said River Park resident Audrey Anthony.

This last storm was Anthony’s last storm in River Park.

This low-lying area in Naples has led to high-level problems for Anthony, problems she’s leaving behind as she leaves behind the city of Naples.

“The whole neighborhood was flooded. As far as I could see,” said Anthony.

Hurricane Helene was not her first rodeo in this community she’s lived in for 6 decades.

Neither was Ian, but she is now at the point where this last storm was it.

“I kept watching my cameras, and it kept getting higher and higher, and I could see it was back here. So I thought, ‘That’s enough. Enough is enough. I’m too old to deal with that kind of stressful situation, and I want out,'” said Anthony.

It’s fair to say Anthony’s tired of the water and extra tired of the water lines.

“It’s been nice, but the party is over for me. I won’t deal with this anymore,” said Anthony.

Audrey told WINK News that her daughter is coming to pick her up this month from Illinois and pack her up.

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