SEFFNER, Fla. — While Hillsborough County is working to pump water out of flooded Seffner neighborhoods, residents say they want more measures taken to prevent this from happening again.

What You Need To Know

  • Some Seffner residents are still flooded two weeks after Hurricane Milton 

  • Hillsborough County is working to add an extra pump to clear roads as soon as possible

  • Kevin Cash has to go back and forth to his home in knee deep water to salvage what he can

  • More storm season resources

In the 27 years Kevin Cash has lived at his Seffner home, he said he has never had to do this much to get to his house.

“This is what I do to get to my house. I put on a pair of waders,” he said.

Cash and several of his neighbors say their area is still underwater two weeks after Hurricane Milton hit.

“At one point, this was all covered. Some of our neighbors got out and started chopping the next day — some of the ones that were not under water,” he said.

He’s made several trips back and forth from his home to the motel where he’s staying.

He said most of his belongings will have to be thrown out. “Anything that’s near or touching the floor is pretty much destroyed,” he explained.

Cash said it’s devastating to see so much damage, and he’s asking county leaders to take measures so this doesn’t happen again — starting with the flooding in the lake near his home.

“The lake just does not go down in the dry season, and it should have been extremely low before the rain started and that didn’t happen,” he said.

Hillsborough County officials say they’ve placed pumps in the area to remove as much water as possible, but there’s a limit to how much they can pump so it doesn’t lead to a downstream pour.

For Cash, he’s got a lot of work ahead of him and he’s looking to get as much help as he can.

“I don’t know that we’ve got the resources to do all this work and still be able to afford to stay,” he said.

He has had to pack up his most treasured items and float them down to his car one by one.

The county stated the pump in this area can pump out 2,000 gallons of water per minute and they’re working to add a second one to help clear this road as soon as possible.

Hillsborough County stated Milton brought record levels of flooding to rivers, creeks and ponds. As they work to pump out water in some areas, officials said they also have to make sure other places can retain the extra water as well.