Nicole brings more flooding along St. Johns River in Lake County

AND DOWN OUR COASTLINE, BUT ALSO INLAND IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD HURRICANE IAN RISING RIVER LEVELS WERE A REAL CONCERNED FOR US HERE IN CENTRAL, FLORIDA AND ONE AREA IN PARTICULAR WAS ASTER WE HAD WE HAD A METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS FLYING OVER ASTOR IN CHOPPER TWO TODAY. HEY GUYS FROM CHOPPER TWO. WE’RE OVER AFTER IN VOLUSIA COUNTY RIGHT ON THE VOLUSIA LAKE COUNTY BORDER. THIS IS WHERE THE SAINT JOHN’S FLOODED SO BADLY DURING IRMA AND THEN IAN AND HIS BACK UP AGAIN AFTER NICOLE JUST TAKE A LOOK THE ROADWAYS IN MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES RIDE ALONG THE RIVER FLOODED AND EVEN RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER SOME OF THOSE APARTMENTS AND HOMES HAVE WATCHED THOSE WATERS RISE NOW TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA DURING IRMA THE RIVER LEVEL HERE CAME UP TO 4.43 FEET THE RIVER LEVEL DURING IAN CAME UP TO 4.71 FEET AND NICOLE BROUGHT IT UP TO 4.52 FEET. SO IT’S NOT A SIZE. IT WAS DURING IAN, WHICH IS THE ALL-TIME RECORD, BUT IT IS JUST AS HIGH IF NOT A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IT WAS DURING IRMA. WATER LEVELS ARE GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO DROP THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED, BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE PRETTY STEADY IN A MAJOR FLOOD STAGE HERE THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK OR SO’S TIME IT TOOK A MONTH FOR THAT TO DROP BELOW MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AFTER IRMA AND IN OF COURSE, WE’RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THINGS FROM UP HERE IN CHOPPER, TOO. BUT FOR NOW, THAT’S VERY LATEST OVERASTER. I’M F