BROOKSVILLE - Hernando County officials have declared a local state of emergency due to the heavy rainfall from June 13 through Aug. 22.
Weeks of torrential rainfall, combined with significantly elevated groundwater levels, created a hardship to residents and resources, county officials said in a statement released Thursday.
The move will allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Florida to reimburse Hernando County for the $373,000 in expenses incurred, officials said.
Those expenses were related to the repair of various county roads damaged by flooding, as well as work done at the Northwest Waste Facility and Ernie Wever Park.
County officials received word that they had met the necessary expenditure threshold after FEMA and Florida Division of Emergency Management officials completed a damage assessment of the affected areas.
In the meantime, rain continues to fall and the Withlacoochee River is still well above flood stage at Trilby. Officials are closely monitoring that area as well as other low-lying areas around the county.
