Manatee County community flooded during Idalia needs volunteers, financial help

WFTS-Tampa
1 年前
It happened fast, and at an extreme they’d never seen before. Even though Hurricane Idalia dodged Tampa Bay, the powerful storm still brought a significant storm surge. It flooded coastal communities like Rubonia, a historically-Black community north of Palmetto in Manatee County. “The water came in so quick and so high when they said evacuate, they couldn’t evacuate,” said Luther Wilkins, the Manatee County NAACP president. “If you see some of the pictures I got — I got pictures of senior citizens standing in water knee-deep.”