VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Residents in Volusia County are spending the weekend stacking sandbags as another round of flooding threatens their streets.

Flooding has become a frequent problem in the Lime Drive neighborhood of Edgewater, where higher-than-normal tides, strong north winds and clogged storm drains leave water with nowhere to go except into the streets and homes at the lowest elevations.

“You know, this was just last night’s storm. Where you’re standing at right now was 12 inches of water yesterday,” Bruce Hill said.

Bruce Hill is a recent resident of Edgewater and said street development and changes to drainage have worsened the problem since Hurricane Ian, forcing families to depend on sandbags and do-it-yourself fixes to keep water out.

“And right now we are the lowest leve

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