PORT ORANGE, Fla. – One couple says flooding isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a danger to their family.

Mike and Sarah Sweeney, who live on Eddy Lane with their five children - two of them with disabilities, say each storm brings new stress and fear.

The Sweeneys say their worst experience came during Hurricane Milton , when floodwaters forced their family to be rescued from their home.

“I’ve never seen that before. We started putting everything up in the garage, and I was getting the kids prepared to leave, to evacuate. We came out and put the stick there to see because the water kept coming closer and closer. Water was coming from over there. It was coming everywhere,” Sarah Sweeney said. Port Orange Family, Neighbors Struggle with Flooding After Heavy Rain (Copyright 2025 by W

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