PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Port Orange residents and businesses faced flooding inside their homes Sunday, with water levels rising again Monday night.

Many residents told News 6 they noticed the city’s drains weren’t working properly during the heavy rains. To find out why, News 6 spoke with city engineer Junos Reed.

“We had what we call a high-intensity short-duration storm, so we had close to four inches of rain fall in a little under an hour so the systems that the water drains into were over capacity,” Reed said.

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The city said most modern stormwater systems are designed to handle about 11 inches of rainfall over a 24-hour period. But Reed explained that a king tide coinciding with the storm left water in Por

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